The Bangladeshi readymade garment manufacturer is not expecting reopening of factories in the African country anytime soon as the conflict continues to escalate. The DBL Group's factory was closed in early November after the clashes erupted between the central government of Ethiopia and the local ruling group of the semi-autonomous federal state of Tigray region. The DBL workers moved to the capital Addis Ababa from Tigray with the help of some international agencies after staying trapped for some days. All of them have returned home, said MA Jabbar, the managing director of DBL Group. The DBL Group launched the garment factory in the Tigray region in 2018 to take advantage of the Ethiopia’s duty-free access to the US market, low prices of land and cheap labour.

Source: bd News24 December 08, 2020 20:03 UTC