Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd.) M. Sakhawat Hossain has said decision has been taken to sell the assets of Nassa Group as per a court order to pay the dues and service benefits of the company’s workers.
He made the remark on Sundat while presiding over the 15th meeting of the Advisers’ Council Committee on review of labour and business condition of industrial units at Beximco Industrial Park at the Secretariat, said the ministry in a statement.
The adviser said that Tk 76 crore has already been paid to workers through the sale of Nassa Group shares by an administrator appointed by the court.
Besides, Nassa Group has made down payments to eight banks as per the instructions of Bangladesh Bank.
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The remaining down payments to 15 banks and the outstanding dues of the workers will be settled by selling some of Nassa Group’s assets through open competition, he added.
Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Dr. Md. Sanowar Zahan Bhuiyan, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Additional Inspector General of Industrial Police, senior officials from the Ministries of Home Affairs, Finance, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, Nassa Group’s administrator and other representatives, and officials from various commercial banks were present.