textile

People look at stock market data. File Photo: TBS
Stocks

DSEX hits 10-month high as US tariff cut spurs market rally

The rally was largely driven by renewed investor optimism following the United States’ decision to reduce its reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi textile imports from 35% to 20%

Representational image of a textile mill. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
World+Biz

Indian textile stocks surge as US slaps 35% tariff on Bangladesh exports

People work in a textile factory in Panyu district, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China May 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS
South Asia

China's April factory output, retail sales growth slow

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Economy

Govt plans to scrap reduced tax benefits for textile sector

Pran-RFL Group representatives at a ‘Meet the Press’ event organised at a hotel in Rajshahi on 28 April 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Rajshahi Textile Mill reopens under Pran-RFL initiative

The RMG industry, one of the country’s largest economic sectors, relies heavily on women who comprise 80% of its workforce. Photo: TBS
RMG

Owners demand separate ministry for garment and textile sector

President Showkat Aziz Russell at a press conference held today (24 February) at the Crystal Palace in Gulshan Club. Photo: TBS
Industry

Textile millers urge anti-dumping duty on Indian yarn imports

Visitors examine a circular knitting machine displayed at the 19th Dhaka International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition on 21 Friday. The expo, featuring over 1,100 global brands, showcases cutting-edge textile technology and equipment at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka. Photo: TBS
Events

High costs slowing down adoption of advanced textile machinery: Experts

BASE Textiles owners flee, Tk328cr loan recovery uncertain
Industry

BASE Textiles owners flee, Tk328cr loan recovery uncertain

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RMG

RMG workers get paid two years after factory’s closure

Less than 10% of plastic is recycled globally, and nearly half of the 400 million tonnes of plastic waste annually end up in landfills. File photo: Collected
Industry

Textile millers seek permission to import recyclable plastics

Representational image of a textile mill. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Economy

Finnish firm’s wood pulp-made fibre deemed a game-changer for textiles

A delegation of South Korea paid a courtesy call on Textiles and Jute Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain at his Bangladesh Secretariat office today (28 October). Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Sakhawat seeks Korean investment in textile and jute sector