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The country’s clothing factories are also closed during the ongoing general holiday due to the coronavirus. Meanwhile, a news story is floating on social media that the garment factory will start on April 28. The matter has been clarified by BGMEA, an association of manufacturers and exporters of ready-made garments. He said the factory will reopen on the scheduled date only if the situation improves.
A press release issued by the organization on Friday said: “Everyone is informed that various information is being disseminated on social media on how to keep BGMEA member factories open.” BGMEA’s position in this regard is very clear. We need to stay healthy and safe before starting a factory. If the general epidemic does not improve the situation, then the factory will open at the right time InshaAllah. At the moment, our first and only priority is to ensure the health and safety of our working brothers and sisters. ‘
On April 10, President of BGMEA. A joint statement signed by Rubana Haque and Selim Osman, president of the Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), addressed the owners of the member factories, saying: Decision to keep it closed until April 25 c Accepted However, if any organization needs to keep its office open for payment within this period, it must inform its own association (BGMEA / BKMEA), the mill factory inspection department and the industrial police.
Meanwhile, 8 percent of BGMEA member factory workers have received wages from March through Thursday, the organization’s president said. Rubana Haque said the factories that were unpaid were mainly small and medium-sized companies. Those big buyers don’t work. We are doing our best to pay all workers. The problem of paying wages for some reasons is that not all bank branches are open, the whole country is locked in a kind of blockade, public transport is closed, despite so many obstacles, 8% of factories members of BGMEA have been paid. I hope to be able to pay the rest of the factory before April 22.
Following the coronavirus outbreak, the government closed all offices and courts in the first phase from March 26 to April 4 and imposed a ban on all types of vehicles across the country. In the official language, the holiday period was extended until April 11. Later, in the third phase, the holidays were extended until April 14. Then it was extended again until April 25.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus situation is becoming more complex day by day. The number of victims increases day by day. In this situation, the expectation that everything will be normal from April 26 is very low. The current general holiday is expected to be extended. The vacation of clothing will also increase in this case, said the concerned.
(Dhaka Times / April 17 / JR / JB)
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