& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Govt to allow

TU activities on limited scale

Staff Correspondent
The government is going to allow trade union activities, which have remained suspended formore than one and a half years, on a limited scale and an announcement in this regard will come in a week, said LG RD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal yesterday.
An order for amending the Emergency Power Rules (EPR) is expected to be issued soon, paving the way for reintroduction of trade union and elections of the collective bargaining agent (CBA), he said.
'Permission has to be obtained from the local police stations to
FROM PAGE 1
hold the CBA elections. The permission to hold the polls will be given at proper time," Anwarul Iqbal told reporters at the secretariat.
The home ministry has already reviewed the proposal for considering permission for limited trade unionism, he said, adding, "A decision in principle to resume trade union activities was taken earlier and an announcement regarding it will come in a week."
The government has also planned to hold a dialogue with leaders of workers' organisations as part of its ongoing talks with political parties and stakeholders. The date of the meeting is yet to be fixed.
The adviser also asked Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to give their workers 20 percent dearness allowance announced by the government
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has already announced to implement the allowance for workers in the sector. The government is now pressing factory owners also to implement
it
On garment factory owners' allegations about the government's failure to provide proper security to the sector, Anwarul Iqbal said, "Owners of garment factories would not have succeeded in doing their business without the government's facilitationefforts.’'
He said the government is going to take appropriate measures to ensure security at the factories.
About upazila elections, the adviser said the Election Commission has already announced the schedule and the government is ready to proride all kinds of support for holding the polls.
Asked about political parties' demand for holding the parliamentary election before the upazila polls, he said people are very enthusiastic about upazila polls. "The people rather think that the polls will not be held unless we hold it now," he said.