The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) will organise Workers' Festival 2008 at Fatullah Stadium in Narayanganj on Friday.

The day will be completely a workers' day with varieties of amusement opportunity for them, BKMEA president Fazlul Huq told a press conference yesterday at a city hotel.

He said the first ever such programme for workers' will be full of fun. This will be an extended programme of Knitwear Exposition 2008, he added.

About 50,000 workers' mainly from Narayanganj will participate in the day long programme where some workers from Savar and Gazipur will also be invited.

Commerce Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman and Labour and Employment Adviser Anwarul Iqbal will attend the colourful function.

For the entertainment of workers' a full-day fair, puppet show, magic show, game show, various training sessions, funny events, cultural programme by workers, dress as you like and cultural night with famous singers Momtaz and Bari Siddiqi will be organised.

Replying to a question regarding wage hike of workers,' Fazlul Huq said it is being delayed due to government's indecision. "We have sent proposal to the ministry but they are yet to declare the pay hike. The government wants that we announce the hike while the factory owners want the opposite," he noted.