So far, a total of 3,212 factory units of various industrial hubs and export processing zones have paid their festival allowances as of Saturday ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest festivals for the Muslims, according to the Industrial Police data.
The IP data also stated that about 33.17 per cent factories have already cleared festival allowances to the workers so far, where 6,471 factories of total 9,683 units yet to pay festival allowances.
Moreover, according to the industrial police data, so far 786 factory units cleared their wages for the month of May.
Meanwhile, according to the Bangladesh Labour Act, wages must be paid within 7 working days after the end of the wage period.
As the Eid-ul-Azha is scheduled to be celebrated on June 7, maximum industrial would be closed around June 3-5.
Lion portion factory units of the readymade garment sector, the highest export earner of the country, already cleared the festival allowances, according to the monitoring report of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
Meanwhile, as the biennial election of the board of directors of BGMEA for 2025-27 tenure was underway on Saturday, the correspondent couldn鈥檛 reach the BGMEA sources for latest data.
However, as per data published on Thursday, 1,342 factory units (64.15 per cent) of total 2,092 operational factories cleared the festival allowances.
Moreover, 2,073 (99.09 per cent) factories already cleared the wages of April so far, the BGMEA data added.
Earlier, on May 24, industrial police said that the payment of wages and festival allowances for the workers in 198 readymade garment factories remains uncertain ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Talking to 抖阴精品, Babul Akhter, General secretary of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, said that they expect all the factory units must clear their full wages for May and festival allowances by June 3.
鈥楳oreover, we also demand all the factory units must go on Eid holidays on June 5, so that the workers can travel their Eid journey safely and comfortably,鈥� he added.
Earlier, on May 19, Home Affairs Adviser Lt General (Retd) Jahangir Alam instructed the manufacturers to clear the workers鈥� May wages and festival allowances ahead of Eid-ul-Azha between June 1 and 3.
He also urged the factory owners to accept the workers鈥� and warned that law enforcement agencies will take action if any attempt is made to block roads or disrupt public movement over irrational demands.