UNB, Dhaka :
In line with the action plan to get back the US generalised system of preferences, the Labour and Employment Ministry on Sunday launched a website containing a database of the country’s garment sector.
State Minister for Labour and Employment M Mujibul Haque Chunnu inaugurated the website, www.dife.gov.bd, launched by the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments under his ministry.
The database contains information of 3,498 garment units across the country. The Department of Inspection for Factories
and Establishments will update the website regularly, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, the junior minister said information regarding the number of workers, owners or any other kind about any garment factory will be available on the website.
With the launching of the website, the Labour and Employment Ministry has fulfilled one of the two conditions for restoration of the GSP facilities, he said.
The other condition of appointing 200 factory inspectors will be met within one week, Chunnu said, adding that some 43 inspectors have already been appointed.
In line with the action plan to get back the US generalised system of preferences, the Labour and Employment Ministry on Sunday launched a website containing a database of the country’s garment sector.
State Minister for Labour and Employment M Mujibul Haque Chunnu inaugurated the website, www.dife.gov.bd
The database contains information of 3,498 garment units across the country. The Department of Inspection for Factories
and Establishments will update the website regularly, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, the junior minister said information regarding the number of workers, owners or any other kind about any garment factory will be available on the website.
With the launching of the website, the Labour and Employment Ministry has fulfilled one of the two conditions for restoration of the GSP facilities, he said.
The other condition of appointing 200 factory inspectors will be met within one week, Chunnu said, adding that some 43 inspectors have already been appointed.
