DE Online Desk:
All factories located at Beximco Industrial Park in Gazipur will be closed. This decision was reached during a meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Reviewing the Labour and Business Situation of Industrial Establishments in Beximco Industrial Park.
The dues of workers from these factories will be paid in phases starting from March 9. The ministries of finance and labour will provide the funds.
According to Beximco Textiles, the company needs Tk 550-600 crore to pay workers’ due wages in compliance with labour laws. Beximco had requested Tk400 crore in assistance to keep the factories running, but neither the government nor Janata Bank responded to the request.
Salman F Rahman, owner of the Beximco Group and former private industry and investment advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been in jail since August 13, 2024, a few days after the fall of the Hasina-led Awami League government.
The layoffs were initiated under the Bangladesh Labour Act due to lack of work.