BKMEA rice distribution begins next week
Sunday, 23 August 2009
FE Report
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) is going to start rice distribution programme on fair price from next week.
BKMEA signed Thursday MoU with the government regarding rice distribution at food ministry in presence of Director of Food Directorate Md Badrul Hasan and BKMEA Vice President AKM Zahidul Hoque Bhuiyan.
According to the agreement, a garment worker can buy 5 kg of rice weekly and maximum 20 kg per month. They can buy the rice at Tk 16 per kg, a BKMEA press release said Saturday.
Nearly a million garment workers are included in the programme and the number will increase gradually, added the release.
BKMEA Director Hasan Mahmud, Director General Deus D Costa, Hiron Baroi, Kazi Nazrul Islam of Food Directorate, among others, were present at the MoU signing ceremony.
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) is going to start rice distribution programme on fair price from next week.
BKMEA signed Thursday MoU with the government regarding rice distribution at food ministry in presence of Director of Food Directorate Md Badrul Hasan and BKMEA Vice President AKM Zahidul Hoque Bhuiyan.
According to the agreement, a garment worker can buy 5 kg of rice weekly and maximum 20 kg per month. They can buy the rice at Tk 16 per kg, a BKMEA press release said Saturday.
Nearly a million garment workers are included in the programme and the number will increase gradually, added the release.
BKMEA Director Hasan Mahmud, Director General Deus D Costa, Hiron Baroi, Kazi Nazrul Islam of Food Directorate, among others, were present at the MoU signing ceremony.