Bangladesh garment sector throws up heartwarming stories

24 May '14

4 min read

There are many more families in Epyllion Group whose children are preparing themselves for bright future with financial support from the company.

Mohammad Akteruzzaman a pious Muslim, cherished a desire to undertake a Holy Pilgrimage to Mecca, but his financial status made it impossible for him to go until 2011.

However, Akteruzzaman who joined the Onus Group as a helper and now is working as the cutting in-charge at its Gazpur facility got the opportunity to fulfill his dream in 2012 as his company sent him to perform Haj by bearing the full expenditure of the pilgrimage. Onus Group has been sending four of its staff, including workers, to perform Haj every year with its financial support since 2006.

In Bangladesh price spiral of essentials is a common phenomenon, even people from middle class have to constrain their necessity let alone the working class. DBL Group by establishing a ‘Fair Price Shop’ on its factory compound in Gazipur has guaranteed that its staff, especially workers, can fulfill their necessity by buying the essential commodities from the shop at nominal prices. The Group subsidizes all the daily groceries.

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