The new chairman of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation, T D Mitra, has emphasised a halt to wastage of money and raising productivity to sustain the jute industry. Mitra was speaking at a meeting with project directors of all the state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jessore industrial at the BJMC's Khulna zonal office ...

The newly elected officer bearers of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association led by Abdus Salam Murshedy took over charges at the country’s apex trade body of export-oriented apparel sector on Thursday. Earlier on February 24, Murshedy’s team secured a landslide victory at BGMEA’s biennial polls by winning all ...

Dawood Usman Jhakura, Zonal Chairman, Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) in a press statement has welcomed the criticism of Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan, on State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)s tight monetary policy. He said that during the current financial year monetary policy of SBP could not ...

IFC Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (IFC-BICF) and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) have recently signed a cooperation agreement to conduct a pre-feasibility study for setting up a special economic zone styled 'Knit Village' for the knitwear sector, said a statement. The objective of the partnership is to help the ...

The newly-elected board of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association on Monday elected the office bearers to lead the apparel sector’s premier trade body for the next two years. Abdus Salam Murshedy, leader of the winning panel at the BGMEA polls held on February 24 and managing director of Envoy Group, ...

The government needs to take certain initiatives urgently to widen export base of the readymade garments sector and grab opportunities in the global market by overcoming effects of the current recession. Suggesting this, the outgoing president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury Parvez, also called for issuance of ...

Ahmed Hossain,Chairman of Jute Spinners Association Bangladesh Jute Spinners Association has elected Ahmed Hossain as its chairman for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, said a statement. Hossain is deputy managing director ...

Bangladesh Jute Association (BJA) has urged the government to waive all taxes on export of raw jute. The demand was made at a pre-budget meeting with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday with jute, textile and spinning mill sectors at its office. NBR Chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid presided. BJA Chairman Rezaul ...

Lobbying the government for supporting the recession-hit garment exporters, promoting Bangladeshi brands abroad efficiently, and developing capacity of his association to serve its members are the top priorities of Abdus Salam Murshedy, the ...

Abdus Salam Murshedy-led panel from Sammilito Parishad was leading in 25 out of 27 posts of directors in yesterday's election of BGMEA, the apex trade body for the highest export-earning sector. The voting started at 8:00am, both in Dhaka and Chittagong offices, amid high hope of a new leadership to face ...