Dhaka, May 10: Bangladesh's State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian has called for payment of Eid-ul-Fitr bonuses and April salaries to workers in all sectors, including garment, by May 10.

Responding to the demand of the owners and labor leaders to take special initiative for the workers to provide corona vaccine, the state minister for labor said that he will send a letter to the prime minister requesting her to provide the vaccine to the workers Workers have continued the production of the factory by risking their lives during this disaster of corona pandemic for the sake of the development of the country's economy.

The state minister also advised the owners to pay the salaries of the workers of any factory before Eid and to arrange zone-based holidays conveniently.

The State Minister for Labour urged the workers to follow strict hygiene rules He said that with awareness at the individual level, everyone can be safe With the cooperation of everyone, we can take the country forward by fighting Corona.

Secretary of the ministry KM Abdus Salam, additional secretary Dr Rezaul Haque, additional secretary of the ministry of expatriates "welfare and overseas employment Zainul Abedin, inspector general of factories and establishments inspection department Md Nasir Uddin Ahmed, acting director general of labour department Md Abdul Latif Khan, DIG of industrial police Md Mahbubur Rahman, BGMEA senior vice president SM Mannan Kachi, vice presidents Khandaker Rafiqul Islam, Nasir Uddin, Jatiya Sramik League president Nur Qutub Alam Mannan, IBC acting president Sramik Neta Salauddin Swapan, Jatiya Garments Sramik Karmachari League president Sirajul Islam Rony and representatives of different ministries and organisations attended the meeting.