Dekko ISHO Technologies Ltd. (DITECH), a concern of leading conglomerate Dekko ISHO Group, has signed a monetary and strategic capital investment agreement with Fashol Dotcom Limited, a B2B startup aiming to change the country’s age-old perishable supply chain using technology, data, and efficient logistics. The ceremony took place at Dekko…

This article is an extract from the speech delivered by BWB Programme Manager Anne-Laure Henry-Gréard at the Sustainable Apparel Forum (SAF) held in Dhaka on 5 November 2019  Let me begin with a quote by Bengali poet and Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore. “You can’t cross the sea merely by…

The garment industry in Bangladesh may have formalized in 1971 when the country was liberated. Until the 1980s, much of the industry was controlled by sate-owned enterprises, controlling almost all of the spinning miles in the country and over 85% of industry assets. In 1982, many of the assets were…

2020 is going to be a crucial year for the Bangladesh garments and textile industry. As the industry is going through a transformation phase some major organizational changes are on the card in the upcoming days. Starting in the late 1970s, expanding heavily in the 1980s and finally booming in…

Pandemic pressure and shifts in global markets have brought stiff challenges to the garment industry in Bangladesh. The sector will need to innovate, upgrade, and diversify, investing in flexibility, sustainability, worker welfare, and infrastructure. As Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of independence, global attention is focused on the remarkable economic and…