Cotton

FILE PHOTO: Women work in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
RMG

Bangladesh garment industry short on cotton as floods worsen protest backlog

Bangladesh is a leading global cotton importer due to the size of its textile and garment industry, but the devastating floods mean few trucks and trains have been able to bring supplies to...

Faruque Hassan at a programme organised by Cotton USA on 7 December in Dhaka. Photo: Courtesy
RMG

Strengthened Bangladesh-US collaboration holds promising trade opportunities: BGMEA president

John Fay, commercial counsellor of the US Embassy in Bangladesh, speaking at a seminar on Bangladesh – US trade and investment, organised by the Economic Reporters’ Forum (ERF), at its auditorium in Dhaka on Monday (25 September). Photo: Courtesy
Industry

Duty-waiver can raise annual cotton apparel exports to US by up to $800m: Expert

Aman Mill is the only Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) accredited spinning mill in Bangladesh. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

'Your waste is my gold': Aman Spinning Mill's footprint in sustainable yarns

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RMG

Bangladeshi apparel makers invite Indian traders to invest in non-cotton textiles

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Fire at Sitakunda cotton factory under control after 20 hours

Former commerce minister Tipu Munshi. File Photo: Collected
Economy

Duty-free cotton import from USA would benefit RMG: Tipu Munshi

Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave
Thoughts

Cotton farming in the Agriculture 4.0 era

Premium cotton now cheaper, millers stuck with costly stockpile
RMG

Premium cotton now cheaper, millers stuck with costly stockpile

Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Unctad stresses tapping the full potential of cotton in developing countries

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Why we should weave a better future for cotton

Seventh Cotton Day celebrated in Bangladesh
Bangladesh

Seventh Cotton Day celebrated in Bangladesh

A farmer hand-picks cotton in a field in Sirsa, Haryana, India.Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

The world’s cotton supply keeps shrinking, hit by drought, heat