Rail crisis sees boxes pile up at Dhaka – with Ramadan and Eid looming
Box lines are increasingly concerned that an imbalance in Bangladesh’s rail capacity could cause chaos ...
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The escalating political crisis in Bangladesh poses a severe threat to international clothing retailers who source their apparel goods from the country, with billions of dollars in potential orders already lost this year.
New analysis from risk assessment firm Verisk Maplecroft estimates that some $4bn “through lost and unfulfilled orders since the start of 2015” has hit the country’s garment industry as a result of enforced strikes, known in Bengali as “hartals”, and transport blockades that have brought Bangladesh’s export supply ...
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