Can textiles lead the way during the pandemic?

Apparel industries in Asia, the largest global hub of both the textile and apparel import-export trade have been severally damaged by the COVID-19. Over the last one year, the global community had already realized the fact that how pandemic situation disrupted the supply chain management of textile, apparel & fashion manufacturing industries throughout the world. Bangladesh, one of the top ranked garments exporter countries have been facing the burning bridges, due to the scarcity of raw materials. The contribution of the apparel industry is more significant for the socio- economic growth of a 3rd world countries like Bangladesh, just because apparel contributes almost 84% of its total export income with the involvement of 4.5 million people approximately. The following research paper conveys a three-fold story. In the very beginning portion, there are some reviews and critical analysis of the overall scenarios of COVID-19 pandemic with presence of several business reports, academic journals, market research, manufacture's opinions and stakeholders' strategies. The second phase of the research work forecasts the possible responses need to be projected during and after the pandemic situation.