Italian Ambassador pays visit to BGMEA President

Italy will continue to provide its cooperation and support for the sustainable development of Bangladesh RMG industry, said Ambassador of Italy to Bangladesh Enrico Nunziata. He expressed the willingness during his visit to BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at the latter’s office on Sunday last (6 June). The Ambassador was apprised of the

BGMEA seeks support of BB for RMG sector

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought support of Bangladesh Bank (BB) for the RMG industry in its struggle to overcome the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and retaining its competitiveness in the global market, said a press release. A delegation of BGMEA led by its President Faruque Hassan

Garment owners seek Tk 6,000cr to pay wages to workers

The country’s apparel exporters have demanded that the government form a stimulus fund amounting Tk 6,000 crore for paying seamstresses’ wages and bonuses for the second quarter amid the latest wave of Covid-19 pandemic. A three-member delegation, led by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan placed the

They do it again

Garment-textile bodies lobby for Covid-19 incentives The powerful garment-textile associations have already started lobbying for incentives to pay thewages and bonuses to their workers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), and

Faruque Hassan new BGMEA president

Managing Director of Giant Group Faruque Hassan has been elected president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). Shammilita Parishad, led by Faruque Hassan, won the biennial election to the apex trade body for 2021-23 term. Some 1604 votes, out of 1853, were cast in Dhaka while 392, out of 461,