RMG owners urged to pay all arrears before Eid
September 5, 2010
Chairman of National Garments Workers Federation (NGWF) Amirul Huq Amin Saturday urged the garments owners to pay all arrears and bonus to the workers for averting any untoward situation before the Eid.
He also said the owners should discuss about the factory-related problems, if any, with the workers apart from paying their salary.
Shippers imposing ECR fee on containers for unwanted delay
August 18, 2010
Jasim Uddin Haroon
back from Chittagong
Performance of Chittagong port has fallen further in July, forcing the shippers to impose ‘emergency cost recovery (ECR)’ fee on containers in addition to the existing congestion surcharges.
Textile college to be made into university
August 10, 2010
The College of Textile Technology will be made a university.
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the announcement on Sunday while inaugurating Technical and Vocational Education Week at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The week is being observed for the first time in the country.
He said that a law will be enacted soon in this regard.
Nahid stressed the importance of technical and vocational education as it provides a livelihood based on learning skills that lead to financial independence.
He said the programme will aim to identify the problems of the sector and make ways to correct them.
The minister ruefully said that the social recognition of technical and vocational education is still very low in the scoiety.
“Parents and guardians believe that working in textiles allows for very little social prestige, but it is possible to improve and increase the level of skilled workers in the sector,” he said.
Nahid asked all including the guardians to change their attitude towards textile education and give it social recognition.
Education secretary Syed Ataur Rahman said that Bangladesh earned about $10 billion last year from remittance sent by expatriate Bangladeshi workers, which is 11 percent of Bangladesh’s GDP.
He said more than half of the expatriate Bangladeshi workers are unskilled.
Textile and technological education is the pathway towards creating more skilled labour, who would be better positioned to earn precious foreign currency and bring multiple benefits for the society, Rahman pointed out.
Director general of the technical education directorate, Nitai Chandra Sutradhar, said that a large part of the population comprises of school dropouts, around 945,000, who can be made skilled workers by giving them vocational training, he said.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina was supposed to inaugurate the programme but she was unable to attend due to illness.
At the end of the ceremony, the education minister launched the online application process for diploma courses.
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April 21, 2010
Businesses and travellers are left high and dry as travels to Europe have been cancelled or rescheduled, as a large part of airspace in the continent has remained shut for a fourth day. Read more
Muggers snatch Tk 38 lakh from garment owner
April 15, 2010
A gang of muggers yesterday snatched Tk 38 lakh from a managing director of a garment factory at Pubail of the district. Read more
Roundtable points to communication gap for RMG labour unrest
April 13, 2010
A roundtable in Dhaka yesterday pointed to inadequate communications among owners, workers and trade unionists as a major reason for the recurrent labour unrest in the readymade garment (RMG) sector, Bangladesh’s prime foreign exchange earner. The workers misunderstand the owners as mid-level management sometimes fails to make them understand properly, the speakers observed. Read more
Muhith: RMG exporters to get stimulus in a month
April 13, 2010
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has assured readymade garment exporters of implementation of the government’s Tk 1,000 crore second stimulus package in a month.
“To finalise the package for the RMG sector within the stipulated time, another taskforce, with the central bank officials at the helm, has already been formed,” Muhith told reporters after a meeting with the leaders of BGMEA and BKMEA at his office in Dhaka yesterday. Read more
Salute to three drivers
April 10, 2010
A new government, a deep-seated recession, and yet a remarkable growth — our kudos goes to farmers, workers and migrant labourers this year. Without them, Bangladesh could face different music in the year that rolled by. Read more
RMG share widens in national exports
April 10, 2010
Readymade garments grab a larger share in national exports, as other products are suffering a steep fall in shipments amid global recession.Riding on a steady growth, readymade garment (RMG) grabs a larger share in national export, as other products are experiencing a drastic fall in exports amid global recession, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). Read more
RMG units without fire safety warned
April 7, 2010
The government yesterday warned garment industry owners of stern actions if their factories lack fire safety compliance.
The warning came at an inter-ministerial meeting held at the home ministry with Home Minister Sahara Khatun in the chair. Read more