N'ganj fire victims demand compensation

Staff Correspondent
President of Bangladesh Knit-wear Manufacturers and Exporters Association Mohammad Fazlul Haque yesterday announced a compensation of Tk one lakh for each family of the victims.

Besides, relatives of the victims will be provided with jobs, he added.

Meanwhile, Commerce Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury visited the Sun Kniting and Processing Limited yesterday.

Earlier, leaders of different organisations expressed conceren over the fire incident at a garment factory in Narayanganj on Thursday night leaving 23 workers dead.

They in separate statements also demanded compensation for the families of the victims and proper treatment for the injured.

Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, Angikar Bangladesh, and National Garment Workers and Employees Federation issued the statements.