Govt to sell essentials at fair prices in industrial areas from 1 Oct

The interim authorities will open selling a must-be pleased items at elegant costs in industrial areas thru the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) starting 1 October, Labour and Employment Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan mentioned at the present time (29 September).

Talking at an occasion organised by the Labour Welfare Foundation at the ministry, he mentioned the initiative objectives to present reduction to workers combating high inflation.

The pass follows discussions between the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Labour Ministry.

The BGMEA had urged the authorities to promote a must-be pleased items at inexpensive costs to ease ongoing labour unrest in areas such as Ashulia, Tongi, Bypile, and utterly different aspects of Gazipur. Workers in these areas were protesting, disturbing elevated wages and advantages to rental rising living costs.

The Labour Ministry Secretary, AHM Shafiquzzaman, knowledgeable UNB that the authorities plans to step by step lengthen this elegant impress initiative to spherical 40 lakh workers across the nation.