ACCORD’S FURTHER STAY IN BANGLADESH EMBROILED IN LEGAL TANGLE
May 1st, 2018
THE RIGHT of the Europe-based Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh to continue working in Bangladesh has been thrown into renewed uncertainty after the country’s high court extended an injunction preventing the government from extending its operations.
This May 16 ruling prevents the government from implementing a plan to extend the Accord’s mandate for six more months after its original five-year term expires on May 31. An initial decision to halt any extension of mandate was made on April 4, also by the High Court, and this stay has now been ...
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