German parliamentary delegation due Saturday

A 7-member delegation of German Parliamentary Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development arrives in Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day visit to assess the situation in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector. One year after the collapse of ‘Rana Plaza’ at Savar, the delegation will also try to get information about the initiatives taken so far in this sector to improve the health and safety standards for the workers. The delegation will be headed by Dagmar Woehrl who has been the Chair of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development since 2009. The delegation also includes six other MPs from the parliamentary committee – Juergen Klimke, Frank Heinrich, Stefan Rebmann, Gabi Weber, Niema Movassat and Uwe Kekeritz. The delegation will also meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed and other political leaders during its stay here, said a German Embassy media release on Friday. They will visit Savar to see for themselves the survivours of the collapsed Rana Plaza building at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) which receives funding from German Development Cooperation. Besides, they will visit a couple of factories at Savar to get an impression of the working conditions of Bangladesh workers, according to UNB.