Cotton

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Bangladesh

Fire at Sitakunda cotton factory under control after 20 hours

Former commerce minister Tipu Munshi. File Photo: Collected
Economy

Duty-free cotton import from USA would benefit RMG: Tipu Munshi

Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave
Thoughts

Cotton farming in the Agriculture 4.0 era

Premium cotton now cheaper, millers stuck with costly stockpile
RMG

Premium cotton now cheaper, millers stuck with costly stockpile

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World+Biz

Unctad stresses tapping the full potential of cotton in developing countries

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Why we should weave a better future for cotton

Seventh Cotton Day celebrated in Bangladesh
Bangladesh

Seventh Cotton Day celebrated in Bangladesh

A farmer hand-picks cotton in a field in Sirsa, Haryana, India.Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

The world’s cotton supply keeps shrinking, hit by drought, heat

A man wearing face mask reacts on a street amid a heatwave warning, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

China's Xinjiang warns of floods, cotton risks amid sizzling heatwaves

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Economy

Cotton price declining on slower demand

Farida Akhter. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Bt Cotton approval. Another alarming threat?

Less than 30% of cost-cutting programmes in the RMG sector involving cutting down the number of workers in a production line achieve their goals, and less than a fifth of these can achieve consistent rewards over the following three years. Photo: Mumit M
Global Economy

Cotton rally squeezes Asian garment makers, threatens recovery from Covid

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Economy

Spinners not getting ordered cotton as local agents sell it to other parties