August, 2014

Md. Emaz Uddin Pramanik, Minister of Textiles & Jute, Bangladesh, in an exclusive interview with Team Apparel Online, outlines the fact that the country is proud of the RMG sector which alone accounts for 20% of GDP and 75% of foreign exchange.He also made it categorically clear that even though one would expect a separate ministry to be looking at the interest of the industry, Bangladesh is successfully working on a model where a number of ministries look at different aspects of the industry, with the nodal ministry being the Ministry of Textile & Jute. Also covered in this issue is a ‘Reality Check’ on the findings of the reports published by Accord and Alliance, the two organizations representing the US and European retailers respectively, one year after the Rana Plaza incident… AO speaks to Rob Ways, Executive Director, Accord, Bangladesh and Rabin Mesbah, Managing Director, Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety. Under the ‘Exporter Profile’ segment, the issue gives space to Concorde Garments Group harnessing sustainability for growth by coming up with World’s 1st Green Interlining Plant under the leadership of Sayeeful Islam, Managing Director, Concorde Group. Besides the above, our other segments, including Mind Tree, Bangladesh Canvas, Resource Centre, Technology pages, make the issue interesting and worth reading.