Commentary: Bangladesh needs textile relief

By Andy Mukherjee
Published: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2005


Free trade in textiles is not even six months old, and it has already put Bangladesh in a tight spot. U.S. and European stores haven't stopped stocking "Made in Bangladesh" trousers, shirts and T-shirts; it's just that the quota-free world that has existed since Jan. 1 is a buyers' market, and all suppliers are under pressure to match Chinese prices.

Prices of woven-fabric clothing have dropped as muc...
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Public sector textile univ soon: Hossain Zillur
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Written by bangladesheconomy on Nov-17-08 6:34am 
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Public sector textile univ soon: Hossain Zillur
Staff Correspondent

The government will set up a public textile university in Dhaka and will soon approve the proposal for a private university, said the commerce and education adviser, Hossain Zillur Rahman on Sunday.

The adviser pledged all supports for simil...
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Monday, November 10, 2008
About Industrialization of Bangladesh

Bangladesh were born in the background of utter industrial backwardness. At the time of her birth she was so poor in the field of industry that almost all the industry products that the required had to imported from abroad. Though she hold the monopoly of jute, leather, and other raw materials she was obliged both to export jute to other countries and buy from them finished goods made with her raw materials. This tragic position la...
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WORLD FIBRE & PAKISTAN
TRENDS IN DEMAND & SUPPLY

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Published by YarnsandFibers; Oct 2007; 28 Pages; 11 Exhibits
Available only in Electronic Format 

Pakistan’s manmade fibre production hovers around 600 thousand tons while consumption has gradually increased to 831 thousand tons making it import – dependent. According to the “World Fibre & Pakistan – Trends in Demand and Supply” a compendium from YarnsandFibers Pakistan is the 4th largest producer of c...
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Is hemp more ecologically friendly than cotton?

Anything that can be made from cotton can be made from hemp. Hemp's long fibres give it the strength to create a finished product that is much stronger and more durable than one produced from cotton. Just as hemp can be cultivated instead of trees, it can also be grown in place of cotton, with environmental benefits.

Cotton is one of the most environmentally destructive agricultural crops. In pesticide use in the US alone, is staggering – 125 mi...
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German Trade Show 2008 in Dhaka
November 07, 2008 (Bangladesh)


The German Trade Show 2008, organized by the Bangladesh German Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the support of Federal Republic of Germany and GTZ, kicked off yesterday at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, Dhaka.

At this first ever German fair in Bangladesh, about 70 companies from various sectors like including chemical, machinery, garment, leather goods and footwear are participating here.

Commerce Adviser Hossain ...
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Present Market and Growth of Technical Textiles:



According to a paper prepared by the Ministry of Textiles on technical textile industry, world market for technical Textiles products to around 23.77 million tonnes by 2010, worth $127 billion and among them India and China will be global demand growth driver for Asia. Asia's consumption for technical textiles products is expected to grow at 10,645,000 tons by 2010. This market is growing at approximately 4% CAGR. Particularly nonwoven products ...
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Developments in textiles are advancing with fierce intensity. Application areas stretch far beyond the traditional, trained more on spacewalks than the flashbulbs of the catwalk. Tomorrow’s textiles are intelligent, interactive and in all likelihood not developed in a western country near you. The BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China stand ready to move to sixth gear and, due to enormous financial resources and increasingly higher expertise in the field, can skip development ph...
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  Bottled Water
  
  Heat
  
  Chlorine & Iodine
  
  Filtration
  
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  Water can play a major role in the transmission of enteric infections, and virtually all of the agents that cause travellers' diarrhea may be present in contaminated water. Anywhere that trekkers are able to travel these days, people live or travel higher up; all ground water should be assumed to be contaminated. I feel strongly that travellers wishing to avoid diarrhea should not consume untreated water. Var...

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Industrial Effluent Treatment Plant Design

Our principal consultant, Seán Moran has designed many Water and Effluent treatment plants, in a number of industrial sectors. He has a detailed knowledge of pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry effluents, but has experience in all sectors including food and drink, bulk chemicals, container washing plant, solvent production, engineering facilities (including coolant treatment), breweries and distilleries, paper and glass veil manufacture, electr...
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Laundary Tips
• Organising & sorting
• Washing
• Drying
Tips on organising & sorting
• Organise your laundary by sorting color. It helps to keep whites, darks, and
medium colors together. Lighter garments can pick up dyes from darker colors.
• Sort delicate fabrics and loose knits from "tougher" fabrics.
• Its is always good to separate man-made fabrics, like polyester from natural fibers
such as cotton. Man-made fibers can attract the oils that are released from natural
fibers during washi...
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Fire Safety

Textiles, carpets and all other products made from fibers will burn if subjected to

the right conditions. Depending on the physical size, orientation and chemical nature of
the fibers, differences may occur in such important fire characteristics as ease of ignition,
rate of flame spread, and heat release.

Factors Affecting Fiber Flammability

How easily does a fire start, and how rapidly will it gr...

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The production of textiles is an important craft, whose speed and scale of production has been altered almost beyond recognition by industrialization and the introduction of modern manufacturing techniques. However, for the main types of textiles, plain weave, twill or satin weave, there is little difference between the ancient and modern methods.
Incans have been crafting quipus (or khipus) made of fibres either from a protein, such as spun and plied thread like wool or hair from camelids suc...
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There are some important fabric care products that we use in our every day life. We have listed here products that are widely used along with their description and usage.

• Bleach
• Bluing
• Color Removers
• Detergents
• Detergent Boosters
• Disinfectants
• Dry-Cleaning Fluid
• Dyes
• Enzyme Presoak Products
• Fabric Finishes
• Fabric Fresheners
• Fabric Softeners
• Presoak Products
• Pretreatment Products
• Rust Remover
• Stain Removers
• Starch Water Soften...
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Nineteenth-Century Costume
The costume style associated in early 19th-century, was an attempt to recapture classic simplicity. Women wore a thin muslin dresses with a high waist, a low round neck, and puffed short sleeves. Men wore a short-waisted cutaway coat with tails, a high collar, and large lapels and military boots; plain-colored wools became predominant. The whole male appearance was strikingly military.

Women costumes took a look of fragility and managed to achieve an hourglass shape...
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