The New Nation - Internet Edition

Panudda Boonpala, Director & head of International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Bangladesh has visited two shrimp processing plants and held meeting with the leaders of Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters Association (BFFEA) Khulna Region recently. The ILO Country Director has expressed deep satisfaction over the activities of BFFEA to facilitate the labours in shrimp processing industries in Bangladesh. BFFEA leaders at the meeting have apprised the ILO chief that BFFEA could able to eliminate child labour from all shrimp processing industries with the help of the Ministries concern, introduced three shift working hours, issued ID cards to the permanent workers and other facilities.

The meeting with ILO country chief was attended among others by BFFEA Vice President Sk. Md. Abdul Baki; Director S. Humayun Kabir & Md. Ferdous Alam; TIM Nurunnabai Khan, Programme Officer, ILO Dhaka; Md. Rezaul Haque, Managing Director of Modern Sea Food Industries, Khulna; Khondaker Aynul Islam, Managing Director, South Field Fisheries Ltd., Khulna.