The government is considering setting up a separate agency to ensure fire, building structure and environmental compliance of all industrial plants in the country
The new agency is likely to be formed comprising all parties concerned as per the recommendation of the national committee to ensure safety in factories and industries across the country.
Prime Minister's Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman disclosed the information at a virtual press conference on Friday, reports BSS.
The government has formed a 24-member committee, led by Salman F Rahman, to ensure compliance in the country's factories and commercial establishments.
The virtual press conference was organised to inform about the activities of that committee.
Salman F Rahman said the committee has been formed by the decision of the Prime Minister which will give a quick report after reviewing the current labour situation and legal issues of the factories in the country.
“Further initiatives will be taken on the basis of this,” he added.
He said, “Though the fire at Hashem Foods in Narayanganj did not directly affect the global image, there is indirect impact.”
Secretary of Ministry of Labour and Employment KM Abdus Salam, Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Sirazul Islam and FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin, among others, spoke at the press conference.