All shopping malls and shops will remain open till 10 pm instead of 8 pm from July 1 to 10 ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. A notification was issued in this regard by the Labour and Employment Ministry on Wednesday. On Sunday, State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian said shops, shopping malls and markets across the country will close after 8 pm from June 20 as per Prime Minister’s instruction to save on electricity and energy. Read: Shops, markets to closed by 8 pm from Monday: State Minister The traders and the businesspeople demand that shops and markets be allowed to do business until 10 pm from July 1 to July 10 for the sake of business ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Monnujan said they would send this proposal in the form of summary to the Prime Minister's Office. On June 16, a letter signed by the Director General of the Prime Minister's Office (Administration) Ahsan Kibria Siddiqui, said that the PM instructed the new timing for shops to save electricity amid rising energy prices worldwide.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment Ministry on Thursday recommended making the closed state-owned jute mills functional through modernisation with local and foreign financing.

The Labour and Employment Ministry on Sunday donated Tk 1.82 crore to assist the families of 91 deceased garment workers.

Three officials of the Ministry of Labour and Employment have been awarded the ‘Integrity Award’ for this year.

The readymade garment factory owners have agreed not to axe workers until the next Eid-ul-Fitr as the sector struggles amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Factories that are producing corona-preventive equipment and that have international buying orders need not to be shut down.

Labour and Employment secretary K M Ali Azam on Monday said no decision has yet been taken over closing mills and factories amid coronavirus fear.