These 258 factories are members of the garment and knitwear exporters’ lobbying groups BGMEA and BKMEA. A spokesman for the groups said on Tuesday that the factories would clear the wages for March next Sunday. Over 550 of these factories are operating amid the lockdown, Superintendent of Gazipur Industrial Police Md Siddiqur Rahman said. Additional SP Santosh Sarker said some owners were giving different excuses for delaying the payments while some others have closed down the factories indefinitely. Workers of Stylish Garments at Bhogra in Gazipur on Monday took to the street demanding payment and reopening of the factory.

Source: bd News24 April 29, 2020 00:00 UTC