Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) is seeking a sustainable energy price and a return to fixed lending interest rates to attract investment in the export-oriented manufacturing sector.

The association also urged the government to stop yarn imports through land ports to protect the quality of the domestic production sector.

BTMA President Showkat Aziz Russell placed the demands at a press conference held in a hotel in the capital on Tuesday. The press conference was organized on the occasion of Bangladesh's Largest Textile Machinery Exhibition, to be held February 20-23.

He said low-quality and undeclared yarns have been imported through land ports, which is a threat to the domestic textile sector.

"The lower...