1.   From garment exporters in Tirupur in the south to farmers in Punjab in the north, rural India has discovered the convenience of doing business on mobile phones.

2.   From garment exporters in Tiruppur in the south to farmers in Punjab in the north, rural India has discovered the convenience of doing business on mobile phones.

3.   Following a new agreement between China and the U.S., silk garment exporters will no longer require an official export license, the Xinhua News Agency said.

4.   Garments exporters have been losing business to counterparts in China, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, which have lower labor costs.

5.   Some of these nations are also exporters of raw materials for garment exporters of Bangladesh.

6.   The results of talks so far, however, have been inconclusive, prompting frustration among garment exporters.

7.   Garment exporters came under bomb attacks by unidentified assailants Saturday at a rally but police intervened, firing tear-gas cartridges, allowing the demonstration to continue.

8.   Bangladesh is the fifth-largest garment exporter to the Europeon Union and sixth-largest to the United States.

9.   Bangladeshi garment exporters have banned child labour in a bid to avert a boycott by major western buyers, a Dhaka daily reported Sunday.

10.   Contract manufacturer NatSteel Broadway and Hong Kong-based garment exporter Easyknit International were undersubscribed.