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BANGLADESHI consumers have traditionally relied on unbranded meat from butcher shops—unmindful of hygiene and food safety. But a growing army of time-constrained, safety-conscious corporate workers are turning to superstores seeking ready-to-cook meat.

Practicing microbiologist Tasmin Aziz represents a new breed of white-collar executive, who finds little time to prepare protein-rich food herself.…

The European Union’s (EU) new ship recycling regulation that controls how European-flagged ships are to be scrapped in Asian countries has been ridiculed by experts in Bangladesh and India, the two major shipbreaking centres in Asia. They told Steel First that even if the poor existing facilities in these countries are upgraded to meet the minimum environmental standards as prescribed in the new regulation, verifying them would be tough. …

BANGLADESH is planning to import 200,000 tonnes of cotton annually from Uzbekistan in a new multi-annual deal to be finalised shortly. Negotiations are underway to set its terms in a Memorandum of Understanding between the two governments, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Atiqul Islam told just-style.…

THE INTERNATIONAL Cotton Association (ICA) has told just-style that Bangladesh cotton importers need to clean up their act after 93 companies were blacklisted by the ICA for non-payment of bills.

More companies from Bangladesh than any other country were listed by the UK-based association.…

The senior official at Bangladesh’s labour and employment ministry has told just-style he hopes the government’s recruitment of an additional 200 factory inspectors will hasten the planned inspection of 5,600 apparel units. Mikail Shipar, the labour and employment secretary, said he now hopes the assessments will be completed by December, maybe placating a United States administration that in June suspended some trade benefits for Bangladesh.…

BANGLADESH’S fast growing economy is developing a robust and booming personal care product market. Mosaddeq Hossain, owner of a general store at the Shagoria Bazaar in Hatiya sub-district, neat Chittagong, recalls 10 years ago, there was almost no demand for his stocks of Sunsilk shampoo.…

VIETNAM’S plans to undertake a major expansion of its textile, texting finishing and fibre production sector were a key focus of an International Exhibition on Garment Manufacturing Equipment and Fabric, held in Ho Chi Minh City from July 11-13. WTiN.com attended the conference, where 125 exhibitors from 17 countries and regions showcased a range of garments, leather and footwear, and other industry products.…

THE PAKISTAN textile sector is anticipating a bumper cotton harvest due to the favourable weather conditions in the main cotton-growing Punjab and Sindh provinces. Government officials and textile industry representatives said timely rains would boost output. A report from the government’s cotton crop assessment committee has said Pakistan was likely to produce 13.255 million bales (of 170 kilograms each) in the fiscal year of 2014, ensuring cotton production would rise by 1.68 million bales, or 14.52%, compared to the 11.57 million bales produced in the fiscal year 2013.…

Calls to streamline and coordinate the myriad initiatives taken to prevent another factory fire or collapse in Bangladesh dominated a two-hour debate on the aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster in April held by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development last month (June  26-7).…

THE INDIAN apparel industry has made progress with backward integration over last five years but exporters rely too heavily on refunds of custom duties when re-exporting apparel based on fabrics and fibres bought outside the country, a Li & Fung India executive told a New Delhi conference on Friday (July 19).…