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South and East Asia trade key for Bangladesh employment
2015-10-23 16:39:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
International and regional trade, especially with South Asian and East Asian neighbours, is critical for Bangladesh to create more jobs for its 2m youths entering the labour force every year, a new study suggests.
US Apparel Imports: Vietnam vs. Bangladesh (Statistical Report)
2015-10-20 20:04:57| EmergingTextiles.com
Although US apparel imports from Bangladesh have rebounded in the first half, the low-cost country could find it difficult in the coming years to compete with Vietnam which benefits from its abiliy to deliver large quantities of man-made fiber apparel. Vietnam could also have a duy-free access to the US market under the just concluded TPP. On the other hand, Bangladesh may continue prevailing in a few key cotton categories whereas increasingly delivering MMF apparel, as reflected by our tables offering a comprehensive product analysis of an emerging competition between the tow countries. Full data are available for download.
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Bangladesh confronts challenges to garment export growth
2015-10-19 19:31:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Market diversification, worker and factory safety, and ensuring a steady supply of skilled workers are all challenges Bangladesh's garment industry needs to overcome if it is to achieve its goal of doubling exports to $50bn by 2021. But in the short term, Bangladesh will need to address the country's safety issues if it wants to continue attracting buyers.
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EIB grants 135m for rail project in Bangladesh
2015-10-16 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The Government of Bangladesh has received a loan of 135m from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to improve the country's railway network.
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Dire glimpses of what pollution doing in Bangladesh
2015-10-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wired: Bangladesh is dominated by a vast river delta of rich, fertile and flat land no more than 40 feet above sea level. That makes it especially susceptible to climate change. Scientists estimate that rising sea levels will claim as much as 17 percent of the country by 2050, displacing as many as 18 million people. Bangladeshi photojournalist Probal Rashid was born in the rice-growing district of Gazipur in 1979, and has seen this threat first-hand. He`s made it his mission to document the threat industrialization,...
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