Economic Reporter :
OP-Seed Co. (BD) Limited, a Japanese electronics industry of Chittagong EPZ has built dormitory for the female workers. Ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh Masato Watanabe and Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) Major General Mohd Habibur Rahman Khan, ndc, psc formally inaugurated the dormitory on Monday.
The dormitory is located at Dampara, Middle Halishahar adjacent to the sector 7 of CEPZ, which will accommodate 800 female workers. This is the first female dormitory made by any enterprise of EPZ.
Ambassador of Japan Masato Watanabe appreciated the initiative for making female dormitory by a Japanese industry.
He said, I am very pleased to know that a Japanese company of EPZ has built the first female dormitory in consistent with the direction of honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He also said that Bangladesh and Japan are two friendly country. The relationship between the two countries became stronger through the visit of each other country by the two premiers. The two leaders agreed to take women forward in all sectors. Ambassador hoped that the women of Bangladesh would go forward in all spheres like Japan. Mentioning the memorandum of understanding signed between BEPZA & JETRO he said, this agreement is contributing to increase the Japanese investment in the EPZs.
Executive Chairman of BEPZA thanked OP-Seed Co. (BD) Limited for building the dormitory in order to accommodate the female workers of the factory. He said, Prime Minister instructed in the 33rd Board of Governors Meeting of BEPZA to construct dormitory for the female workers of the EPZs either for living individually or with family.
BEPZA has taken initiative to construct dormitory for accommodation of the workers of the EPZs in three ways- from the own fund, financing jointly by Bangladesh Bank & BEPZA and by the initiatives of the enterprises of the EPZs, he added. Op-Seed Co. (BD) Ltd. has built this dormitory as a part of the initiative taken by the instruction of Prime Minister. General Habib said that the workers would be benefited economically including the solution of their accommodation problem. They can focus on production, which will increase their efficiency and productivity. Such kind of activities would indirectly play an important role in the overall development of the country. He requested the other investors of CEPZ to take initiative for making such dormitory.
BEPZA Chief said, Chittagong EPZ is the pioneer EPZ of BEPZA. There are eight operating EPZs located at the different region of the country and most of them done by honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The EPZs under BEPZA have gained a reputation as Bonanza for Investment, which reflected in the achievement of past few years.
OP-Seed Co. (BD) Limited, a Japanese electronics industry of Chittagong EPZ has built dormitory for the female workers. Ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh Masato Watanabe and Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) Major General Mohd Habibur Rahman Khan, ndc, psc formally inaugurated the dormitory on Monday.
The dormitory is located at Dampara, Middle Halishahar adjacent to the sector 7 of CEPZ, which will accommodate 800 female workers. This is the first female dormitory made by any enterprise of EPZ.
Ambassador of Japan Masato Watanabe appreciated the initiative for making female dormitory by a Japanese industry.
He said, I am very pleased to know that a Japanese company of EPZ has built the first female dormitory in consistent with the direction of honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He also said that Bangladesh and Japan are two friendly country. The relationship between the two countries became stronger through the visit of each other country by the two premiers. The two leaders agreed to take women forward in all sectors. Ambassador hoped that the women of Bangladesh would go forward in all spheres like Japan. Mentioning the memorandum of understanding signed between BEPZA & JETRO he said, this agreement is contributing to increase the Japanese investment in the EPZs.
Executive Chairman of BEPZA thanked OP-Seed Co. (BD) Limited for building the dormitory in order to accommodate the female workers of the factory. He said, Prime Minister instructed in the 33rd Board of Governors Meeting of BEPZA to construct dormitory for the female workers of the EPZs either for living individually or with family.
BEPZA has taken initiative to construct dormitory for accommodation of the workers of the EPZs in three ways- from the own fund, financing jointly by Bangladesh Bank & BEPZA and by the initiatives of the enterprises of the EPZs, he added. Op-Seed Co. (BD) Ltd. has built this dormitory as a part of the initiative taken by the instruction of Prime Minister. General Habib said that the workers would be benefited economically including the solution of their accommodation problem. They can focus on production, which will increase their efficiency and productivity. Such kind of activities would indirectly play an important role in the overall development of the country. He requested the other investors of CEPZ to take initiative for making such dormitory.
BEPZA Chief said, Chittagong EPZ is the pioneer EPZ of BEPZA. There are eight operating EPZs located at the different region of the country and most of them done by honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The EPZs under BEPZA have gained a reputation as Bonanza for Investment, which reflected in the achievement of past few years.
