Bangladesh to inform US on labour rights development

Staff Reporter  :
Bangladesh will write to the US government regarding improvement in industrial working conditions here and the steps it has taken to enhance labour rights, said Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh.

He made this remark in response to questions from journalists after a meeting in his office at the secretariat on Monday morning.

He said, “We have taken some initiatives such as amendment of the labour law to improve the labour rights.”

Top officials of the labour ministry and leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) attended the meeting at the commerce ministry.

At the meeting, they also discussed the progresses of the commitments made in the National Action Plan (NAP) and the Road Map of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to improve the working conditions and labour rights.