BANGLADESH SETS DECEMBER SAFETY DEADLINE FOR HUNDREDS OF GARMENT UNITS
June 1st, 2018
THE BANGLADESH government could shut down more than 750 apparel factories if the units fail to complete safety improvement work by December (2018), the country’s junior labour and employment minister Mujibul Haque made the announcement.
“The factories that will not complete the work by December will be closed down in January,” he said in a statement issued by Bangladesh’s ministry of labour and employment.
The fresh deadline was released at a recent meeting of the National Tripartite Plan of Action on Fire Safety and Structural Integrity in the Garment ...
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