The World Cup Football and our RMG

Although Bangladesh is not a part of the World Cup Football as our national football team is far away from being qualified for the competition, we are still a part of this mega event as many of our ready-made garment factories are producing the jerseys of participating teams which will be worn by millions of football fans all over the world. It is indeed a proud achievement. Bangladesh has the potential to become number one in the global apparel industry. RMG of our country has huge possibility and we need to explore it to our advantage. This sector alone is enough to wipe out poverty from the country.

Once Bangladesh was dependent on agriculture but now we are moving from it as the ready-made garment has become largest earner of foreign currency.  In early 80s there were only a few RMG factories in our country and no one had thought one day it would be a giant sector.

Now the industry, consisting of some 3000 factories, employ directly more than 1.5 million workers of whom almost 80 per cent are females. The government with its policy and action need to create businesses-friendly environment so that more and more people from home and abroad are encouraged to invest in this lucrative sector.

Mohammed Fadreen

Badda, Dhaka