Budget 2015-16: Sonar Bangla & sustainable human development
The Finance Minister is going to place the budget for the year 2015-16 before the Parliament on June 04, 2015. This budget marks a point of transition for the Bangladesh economy. Despite a senseless...
View ArticleTrans Pacific Partnership and garment export
Whenever any of our major trade partners contemplates a free trade agreement or special trade preferences for countries that are exporters of apparels, an alarm is raised that such an agreement would...
View ArticleRana Plaza two-year anniversary
Two years ago, the Rana Plaza building collapsed, crushing workers and drawing the world’s attention to the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. In one day, Bangladesh lost over 1100 lives....
View ArticleGround Zero-zero at Rana Plaza
Zero-zero is the number of disappointment. Zero-zero is a number that has shattered the hopes of many former workers of the textile factories in Rana Plaza. Zero-zero is what is written on the letters...
View ArticleExport diversification: Not yet
The modest export basket of Bangladesh during its early years was extremely concentrated. Only two products, viz. raw jute and jute goods, accounted for nearly 85 percent of the total export (see Table...
View ArticleSuing TIB over RMG sector corruption report
The TIB report on corruption in the RMG sector lists (19) points. (13) are on the production part, and (3) are on the supply side. According to the report, corruption is endemic and involves all the...
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