Tipu Munshi (born 25 August 1950)[1] is a Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpur-4 constituency since 2009. In January 2019, he was appointed the Minister of Commerce.[2] (wikipedia)
BGMEA was awaiting the task force reports before working out mechanisms for other compliance conditions.
We estimate about 30 percent of owners do not comply with safety standards.
I would take stern action against the factory owner for this accident.
We can't offer lower prices than what we are offering now.
We fall in highly competitive post-MFA era that began from January 1, 2005, as we are competing with some giant RMG producing countries including China and India.
Most of the casualties occurred as factory gates were locked (from the outside).
He has assured us to tag our priority items into the list of 97 per cent products to be given duty-free access.
The principal reason we didn't lose out to China as everyone had predicted is because labor in Bangladesh is cheaper than anywhere else in the world.
We do not have enough fund. But I will urge our fellow members to contribute as much as they can.
We will form a vigilance team to inspect all the 4,000 ready-made garment factories round the year and detect violators, who will face strict action.
