Job cuts in RMG sector from June, says Rubana Huq

President of Bangladesh Garments Manufacturing and Export Association Rubana Huq on Thursday said that factories will cut jobs as their orders have declined.

She said “The global demand of garment items is on the decline due to coronavirus pandemic. With only fifty five percent of work load we have decided to cut jobs from June”

Rubana Huq said these while inaugurating country’s first ‘state of the art Covid-19 lab’ for workers during a virtual press conference on Thursday.

The BGMEA president also said: “It is a harsh reality that we have nothing to do but to let go of workers from June 1 as factories are running under fifty five percent of their capacity. We are in discussion with the government on how to tackle this crisis.”