The New Nation - Internet Edition

A LARGELY circulated vernacular daily on Friday reported that some local and foreign motivated circles are engaged to keep Bangladesh's garment sector restive. The motive of the local circle is reportedly to achieve political gains by creating topsy turvy in the garment industrial zone. And the motive of the foreign circle is to destroy Bangladeshi garments' market abroad. These two circles work hand in hand and they apply various techniques to disturb garment production.

The local circle operates under the guise of labour union. The leaders are neither industrial workers nor they have any logical connection with the industry. They are self- styled labour leaders and are no genuine well-wishers of the labourers or the industry. The interested foreign circle always gives them covert support, sometimes on many pretexts. Non-Governmental organisations (NGOs) play a strong role here. They reportedly liaise with the foreign circle and local labour unionists.

These forces mislead the labourers by spreading rumours and distorted information. Thus they try to keep the sector restless and deprive the country of its number one source of foreign exchange earning. Since one intelligence agency is reportedly aware of all these intrigues, the government and relevant authorities responsible for the garment sector must also be aware of those. The matter deserves highest attention of the government and all of its agencies. As the matter is many faceted it cannot be solved in one stroke overnight. It needs to be handled with patience and correct measures.