Govt to launch 'Green Factory Award'

The government has decided to introduce the 'Green Factory Award' in the country's industrial sector, commemorating the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment will distribute the award on April 28 on the occasion of the National Occupational Health and Safety Day.

The decisions were taken at a meeting held at the conference room of the ministry on Wednesday with Labour and Employment Secretary KM Ali Azam in the chair, a ministry press release said.

In addition to this, the ministry decided to take a year-long programme to celebrate the Mujib Year in a befitting manner.

The meeting was informed that the ministry will organise an international seminar on the life and works of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

It also decided to arrange a seminar at the capital's Osmani Auditorium in the month of mourning - August - where two eminent personalities, including an international one, will present keynote papers.