Govt likely to ease rules on duty-free fabric use to export high-end apparels

The government may ease the rules on the use of fabric imported duty-free to help local manufacturers shift to high-end apparels and boost export earnings as firms generate more waste while producing fancy items for international markets. "If needed, we will amend the rules," Md Jafar Uddin, commerce secretary, told The Daily Star yesterday. "We will examine it, and if we can