Dhaka: Three organizations-Grameenphone Ltd, British-American Tobacco (BAT), and Edotco Bangladesh Company Ltd-have collectively contributed Taka 88 crores 66 lac 34,359 to the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation (BLWF) fund.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the contributions were made at a rate of 0.5 percent of the annual profits of these companies, in compliance with the Bangladesh Labour Act-2006 (Amended 2018). The cheques were handed over to the adviser to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Brigadier General (Rtd) Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain, at his office in the Bangladesh secretariat.
Among the contributions, Grameenphone Ltd provided Taka 68 crores 80 lac 61,500, British-American Tobacco contributed Taka 15 crore 98 lac 30,757, and Edotco Bangladesh Company Ltd. offered Taka three crore nine lac 42,086. These funds will be allocated to the BLWF to support the socio-economic development of the laborers in the country.
Present at the cheque handover ceremony were Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Employment Dr. Md. Sanwar Jahan Bhuiyan, Director General of Bangladesh Workers' Welfare Foundation Md Munir Hossain Khan, and representatives from Grameenphone Ltd, BAT Bangladesh, and Edotco Bangladesh Company Ltd.