Another 0.1m RMG workers come under bKash

FE Team | Published: October 05, 2019 21:08:14

Chief Executive Officer of bKash Kamal Qadir (5th from R), Vice Chairman of New Age Group Asif Ibrahim (6th from R) and Director of Vision Group Sarah Hamid (7th from R) seen on the dais at an inaugural ceremony of a "Payroll Digitization in Readymade Garments' at a city hotel recently

A total of 0.1 million workers of ten more leading RMG factories will receive their salary in their bKash accounts. The ten factories have signed agreements with country's largest mobile financial service provider, bKash. With this, a total of around 350,000 workers of the country's 260 export-oriented garment factories adopted the digital disbursement solution. The newly added garment factories in this service which will disburse salary through bKash are New Asia Group, Shinest Group, Evince Group, New Age Group, Debonair Group, Tamishna Group, Mahdeen Group, Vision Group, Shangu Group and Best Shirts Ltd. The agreement took place with an inauguration ceremony recently at a hotel in the capital. (photo on page 16)
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