Grameenphone provides Tk 30 crore to workers welfare fund

Grameenphone has contributed BDT 30 crore to the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation Fund for the welfare of workers during Covid-19 challenges.

A three-member delegation from Grameenphone led by its Chief Human Resources Officer CHRO Syed Tanvir Husain handed over the funds to the Secretary of the Ministry Mr. K. M. Abdus Salam at the Secretariat.

Grameenphone had been regularly contributing a certain portion of its profits to the Bangladesh Workers Welfare Foundation.

As the highest contributor to this fund, Grameenphone has so far deposited TK 151.61crore.

Under the Bangladesh labour law, domestic and foreign companies contribute one-tenth of 5 percent of their profits to this fund at the end of the year.

So far, 165 companies, including Grameenphone, have contributed a certain portion of their profits to this fund. These funds are spent on the welfare of the workers engaged in formal and informal sectors.