Apex Tannery has started construction of its Tk12 crore (US$0.98 million) in-house effluent treatment plant (ETP), beginning with soil excavation at its factory in the BSCIC Tannery Industrial Estate in Hemayetpur, Savar. Read More...
Production at Bangladesh’s Savar Tannery Industrial Estate has been disrupted by recurring power outages and severe gas shortages, with tanneries warning that interruptions are affecting machinery and increasing production costs. Read More...
Bangladesh’s tannery waste sector could generate an additional Tk2,000–3,000 crore (US$1.6–2.4 billion) in annual revenue if waste is properly processed into value-added products, according to industry experts and stakeholders. Read More...
Rawhide prices in Bangladesh have again fallen below government-set benchmarks following Eid-ul-Adha, despite an increase in official rates announced ahead of the festival. Read More...
Bangladesh has trained between 20,000 and 22,000 people in leather preservation ahead of Eid-ul-Adha as part of efforts to improve the quality of sacrificial animal hides, according to Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Amin Ur Rashid. Read More...
The Dhaleshwari River is facing severe environmental pressure from wastewater discharged by the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate, with concerns growing that pollution problems previously associated with Hazaribagh have been transferred to the river following the leather sector's relocation. Read More...
Bangladesh’s leather sector has entered its busiest period of the year, with more than 527,000 sacrificial animal hides arriving at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate in the three days following Eid-ul-Adha. Read More...
According to local media reports, most tanneries operating at Bangladesh’s Savar Tannery Industrial Estate remain below international environmental and operational standards. Read More...
A year after it was formally declared, tannery workers in Bangladesh say they remain unpaid under the new minimum-wage policy. Read More...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) has signed land‐lease deals with four companies to set up facilities in its Mirsharai Economic Zone, Chattogram, marking a proposed investment of US$111.26 million. Read More...
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