The BGMEA building was built about two decades ago on endangered wetlands in Dhaka. In 1998, the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the building. “This is your last chance,” said Justice Wahhab Miah. Prime Minister Sheikh hasina has allocated about 3 acres of land in Uttara sector-17 for a new BGMEA building at a cut rate. The BGMEA petition for an additional year’s time was to complete construction of the new offices, BGMEA chief Siddiqur Rahman had said.

Source: bd News24 October 08, 2017 06:33 UTC