Labour Reform Commission submits report to CA

Labour Reform Commission has submitted its report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.

Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said the commission members handed over the report to the chief adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka at about 12:00 noon.

The interim government has formed an 18-member Labour Reform Commission with Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmed, Executive Director of the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS), as its chief.

The commission members are - Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmed (chief), executive director of Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies; Dr Mahfuzul Haque, former secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Dr Jakir Hossain, professor at the Institute of Bangladesh Studies at Rajshahi University; Tapan Dutta, president of the Chattogram divisional committee of the Bangladesh Trade Union Centre; Advocate AKM Nasim, former president of Bangladesh Labour Court Bar Association; M Kamran T Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Employer Federation; Shakil Akhter Chowdhury, general secretary of Bangladesh Labour Federation; Taslima Akhter, photographer and labour movement organiser; Mustafa Al Hossain Akil; Barrister Nihad Kabir; Syed Nasim Manzur, managing director of Apex Footware Limited; Fazle Shamim Ahsan, managing director of Fatullah Appearls Limited; ANM Saif Uddin, member of coordination Committee of BGMEA; Faruk Ahmad, secretary general and CEO of BEF; Annana Rahman, economist; Ariful Islam, labour organiser and media activist; Anwar Hossain, president of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal; and Md Rajekuzzaman Ratan, president of Samajtrantik Sramik Front.