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The government will pay all the due wages of over 27,000 laid-off workers of Beximco Group by this month (February), said Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday.
"We want to clear the dues before Ramadan begins," he told newsmen after a meeting of the advisers' committee formed to deal with the Bexmico Group's factory-related chaos.
He, however, could not confirm where the fund would come from. But he hinted that the government itself may provide the money or it could come from selling the shares of the Beximco Group's entities.
Hussain said he has no information on the exact amount of money needed to pay the workers' dues.
The next meeting of the committee would be held on February 18 and the exact amount would be known then, he also said.
The adviser further said the workers would not remain unemployed as they have the required skills. Officials concerned are working to arrange jobs for them, he added.
In December last year and this month, Beximco Group laid off workers from nearly two dozen factories after the arrest of its Vice Chairman Salman F Rahman, who is now in jail.