Speaking to bdnews24.com, BGMEA spokesman Khan Monirul Alam said they do not have the record of how many workers were paid for last month’s work. “As many as 348 factories were shut in two months. Most of the factories that remained operational cleared workers’ wages for the month of April with bailout funds from the government. As many as 838 of its member factories were operational while 130 were shut, according to BKMEA First Vice-President Mohammad Hatem. He could not say exactly how many factories paid off workers, but did say that 519 had applied for the government stimulus and 420 received it.

Source: bd News24 May 24, 2020 15:14 UTC