Garment workers to get salary, bonus before Eid

State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury has said that owners of RMG factories have been instructed to pay salary and bonus to the workers before Eid-ul-Fitr.

The assurance came at a meeting between the representatives of garment workers and owners and the state minister at the Secretariat on Wednesday.

As per decision, factory owners will pay bonus and salary before the Eid day. 

Besides, the industrial police, the labour department, the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment, and intelligence agencies will work together to ensure there is no disorder in this country's largest export sector before Eid, he said.