An Iftar and Doa Mahfil was held at the BGMEA Complex yesterday (Sunday) at the initiative of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) in honor of labor leaders engaged in the garment industry, a press release said.
The program, chaired by BGMEA President Mahmud Hasan Khan, was attended by more than a hundred top leaders and representatives of labor federations/organizations. Also present from BGMEA were Senior Vice President Enamul Haque Khan, Vice President Md. Rezwan Selim, Director Faisal Samad, Director Sheikh Hossain Mohammad Mostafiz, Director Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Director Mohammad Sohel and former Director A.N.M. Saif Uddin.
BGMEA Vice President Md. Rezwan Selim delivered the welcome speech at the event. BGMEA President Mahmud Hasan Khan, in his speech, mentioned the industry-friendly stance of the current government and said that the government has given top priority to the ready-made garment industry. Close cooperation between BGMEA and labor organizations is essential to maintain a healthy and stable labor environment in the industry.”
Highlighting global adversities, he further said that amid rising production costs and energy crisis, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have put our industry at new risk. If oil prices and transportation costs increase, this crisis will intensify. Owner-labor unity is the need of the hour to deal with this global shock.
Lutfun Nahar Lata, General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Garments Workers’ Party, spoke on behalf of the workers.
Among the top labor leaders present at the event were Qutubuddin Ahmed, President, IBC and President, Bangladesh Garments and Leather Workers’ Federation; China Rahman, General Secretary, Federation of Garments Workers; Shahidullah Badal, General Secretary, Bangladesh Metal, Chemical, Garments and Tailors’ Workers’ Federation; Khadija Rahman, Executive President, Garments Tailors Workers’ League; Mosa. Kamrun Nahar, General Secretary, Bangladesh Progressive Garments Workers Federation; Advocate Mahbubur Rahman Ismail, President, Bangladesh Textile Garments Workers Federation; Shakil Ahmed Mobarak, President, Swadhin Garments Workers Federation; Md. Mahtab Uddin (Martyr), President, National Garments Workers Alliance- Bangladesh; Kafil Uddin, President, Ekta Garments Workers Federation; H. M. Belal, President, Bangladesh Trust Garments Workers Federation; Asaduzzaman Chowdhury Asad, General Secretary, National Knit Dyeing Garments Workers Federation; Mosa. Saleha Islam Santbana, President, Motherland Garments Workers Federation; Bachchu Mia, General Secretary, Bangladesh Garments Workers Federation; Shirin Akhter, President, Progressive Garments Workers Federation; Abbas Uddin, General Secretary, Democratic Garments Workers Federation Federation; M.A. Salam, General Secretary, Garments Workers’ Alliance-Bangladesh; M.A. Jahanara Begum, President, Bangladesh Garments Workers’ Federation; Ferdousi Begum, President, Bangladesh United Garments Workers’ Federation; M. Rafiq, President, National Garments Tailors Sweater Workers’ Federation; M. Lima Ferdous, President, Garments Workers’ Employees League; M. Sultana Begum, President, Greenbangla Garments Workers’ Employees’ Federation; Nahidul Hasan Nayan, General Secretary, Sammilit Sramik Federation; Rafiqul Islam Raja, President, National Progressive Garments Workers’ Federation; M. Harun-or-Rashid, President, Sammilit Sramik Jote; Idris Ali, President, Bangladesh Garments and Sweaters Workers’ Trade Union Center; Abul Kalam Azad, President, Bangladesh Garments Workers’ Employees’ Council; Ruhul Amin Hawlader, President, Bangladesh Garment Industry Workers Federation; Ismail Hossain Thandu, President, Sabuj Bangla Garment Workers Federation; Al Kamran, President, Swadhin Bangla Garment Workers Federation.
Before Iftar, special prayers and supplications were offered for the prosperity of the country’s garment industry and the welfare of the country and the nation.
