bdnews24.com :
The commerce minister and the state minister for labour have presented two different figures for the readymade garment workers in Bangladesh.
And the difference between the numbers is no less than a staggering 1 million.
Replying to a question in Parliament on Sunday, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said, “There are over 4.5 million workers employed in the garment industry.”
On the same day, State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu, replying to another question, put the number at 3.5 million.
Bangladesh is the second largest exporter of RMG products after China. Cheap labour makes it an attractive destination for foreign buyers.
