Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA)

BGMEA welcomes proposed budget

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has welcomed the proposed budget for keeping the source tax and corporate tax rates for the garment sector unchanged.

Forum panel wins BGMEA election

The Forum panel has won the biennial election of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), according to the final results announced by the election commission.

BGMEA holds election

The biennial election of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) was held yesterday to elect office bearers for the 2025-27 tenure.

BGMEA wants 3-month window from India to clear pending shipments

The association urges the interim government to send a letter to India seeking the opportunity

690 dropped from BGMEA voters’ list

Preliminary list now has 1,806 voters

Consensus formed to hold BGMEA election in April: administrator

Updated voter list will be published and election board will be formed within January

New administrator forms 10-member panel to run BGMEA

They are: Md Shahidullah Azim, Enamul Haque Khan (Bablu), Miran Ali, M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Asif Ashraf, Rezwan Selim, ANM Saifuddin, Md Shihabuduzza Chowdhury, Shams Mahmud and Sharif Zahir

BGMEA’s opposition panel demands cancellation of existing board

The Forum wants intervention of the commerce adviser and a re-election at the garment makers’ platform

Garment factories not reopening tomorrow

The BGMEA took the decision today in an emergency meeting

April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023

BGMEA again seeks duty benefit for apparel made from US cotton

It sends two letters in a month to US senators, governors

March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023

Take action to stop RMG cargo theft

Such incidents are becoming a serious problem for apparel exporters

February 19, 2023
February 19, 2023

Low-cost funds sought from French agency Proparco for SMEs: BGMEA

The BGMEA president met a delegation of Proparco in Paris on February 18

February 6, 2023
February 6, 2023

Belgian Queen Mathilde praises Bangladesh’s RMG growth

Belgian Queen Mathilde today praised the transition of Bangladesh’s garment industry towards sustainable and responsible manufacturing and the progress the south Asian country has achieved to ensure workers’ rights and welfare.

January 25, 2023
January 25, 2023

Hike gas prices in phases, not at one go: BGMEA

The garment makers have urged the government to increase gas price in phases because it is tough to tolerate a sudden big hike amid the existing volatile domestic and global economic situation.

January 24, 2023
January 24, 2023

Primark urged to source more Bangladeshi garments

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged British retailer Primark for sourcing more value-added garment items from Bangladesh.

January 23, 2023
January 23, 2023

WB support sought for RMG sector development: BGMEA

The country’s apparel makers have sought cooperation from the World Bank (WB) for the development of Bangladesh’s garment sector.

January 22, 2023
January 22, 2023

Asian University for Women, BGMEA team up for higher studies of female RMG workers

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Asian University for Women (AUW) entered into a new partnership to pave the way for female garment workers in Bangladesh to fulfill their dreams of higher studies.

November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022

Bangladeshi RMG getting popular in Middle East: BGMEA

The Middle Eastern countries are going to be major garment export destinations for Bangladesh as the local apparel manufacturers are now receiving a lot of queries from the buyers of the region, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

November 12, 2022
November 12, 2022

MasterCard prepaid card launched for RMG wage payment

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and MasterCard today launched co-branded credit cards for the BGMEA members and prepaid cards for more than 4.5 million garment workers.