More than an hour's drive from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, on a winding road through mountains and high plateaus, sits a modern leather-processing factory owned by Chinese investors. China-Africa ...

The prices people get for cattle slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha are “not reasonable” and the latest government decision aims to ensure that they get the fair price, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says.

Tanners and leather exporters opposed the commerce ministry's plan to allow rawhide exports, on the grounds that it might cause a scarcity for the local industry. “We have set up expensive machineries ...

The situation has indeed improved from the grim picture of the past two years. In recent years, there has been a marked decline in the rawhide collection as stocks from previous years drove down ...

The latest deadline for relocating tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar is just three days away and in all likelihood, most of the tanners are going to miss the deadline again. However, at least five ...