BGMEA donates ambulance to support ’emergency health’ services. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has donated an ambulance to Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS) to support emergency health’ services to people including underprivileged people in society. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan handed over the key of the ambulance to President of MSS Feroz M. Hassan […]

BGMEA holds free eye care program for its employees. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) in collaboration with Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS) organized an eye care program for its employees at BGMEA Complex at Uttara in Dhaka today. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan inaugurated the two-day eye care program which provided free eye care services […]

BGMEA, Commerce Ministry sign MoU to train local fashion designers. The Ministry of Commerce and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a pool of skilled fashion professionals and designers.The professionals and designers will work on developing high-value fashionable garments using homegrown fabrics and materials. […]

BGMEA proposes 0.5pc source tax for next 5yrs .The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has demanded that the government make the tax at source on the RMG sector at the 0.5 percent from the existing 1.0 per cent. “If the government makes the tax at source at 0.5 percent, then, entrepreneurs can confidently […]

Stakeholder’s collaboration, vigilance stressed to stop garments theft. Leaders of garment exporters association, transport owners associations, buying house association, freight forwarding agencies, and law enforcement agencies held a meeting to discuss ways of preventing incidents of RMG export goods theft on Dhaka-Chattogram highway. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan, First Vice President Syed Nazrul Islam, Senior Vice […]

U.S. Ambassador meets BGMEA President. U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas today met BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at BGMEA Complex at Uttara in the capital.During the visit, the envoy was accompanied by Leena Khan, Labor Attach‚, Department of Labor, Arturo Hines, Deputy Political Economic Counselor, Megan Francic, USDA/FAS, Agricultural Attach‚, Kaitlyn Denzler, USAID/DRG Labor Team […]

BGMEA, TTRI to collaborate on garment industries capacity building. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) will collaborate on enhancing capacity of Bangladesh’s readymade garment industry in the areas of product development, especially in manufacturing high-end products made of manmade fiber (MMF). The BGMEA and TTRI signed […]

BGMEA urges EU to extend GSP trade benefits. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has requested the European Union to extend its trade facilities under GSP scheme for six more years instead of three years.The BGMEA said it would support Bangladesh in graduating smoothly from the LDC category and continuing the country’s development […]