Mr.
Tuomo Poutiainen, International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Director for
Bangladesh has expressed satisfaction over workers rights and peaceful working
environment of the EPZs. He hoped that greater collaboration between BEPZA and
ILO would further improve competitiveness and working condition of the EPZs. He
made the remarks today (27.01.2021) during his visit with Executive Chairman of BEPZA Major General Md
Nazrul Islam, SPP, ndu, afwc, psc, G, at BEPZA Complex, Dhaka. At this time, he
greeted the new Executive Chairman of BEPZA.
Major
General Md Nazrul Islam, the Executive Chairman of BEPZA informed the overall
scenario of EPZs to Mr. Tuomo Poutiainen. Mentioning Workers-Management-Owners
Synergy he said that BEPZA always tries to sustain a congenial working
atmosphere giving the highest priority on workers’ rights, welfares &
safety. He also informed the ILO Country Director on various activities taken
by the authority to combat the pandemic such as maintaining safety measures and
social distance for ensuring secured industrial environment. They also
discussed about `Bangladesh EPZ Labour Act 2019’ in this time.
Among others, Md. Mahmudul
Hossain Khan, Member (Investment Promotion) and General Manager (Enterprise
Services) Md. Khorshid Alam from BEPZA were present during this time.
