Our garment products in UK
In July last, I was preparing myself for my PhD viva examinations. My English supervisor told me to buy all new dresses for that event. I went to the renowned and expensive British departmental shop "Devenhams" in Nottingham. I purchased a new suit, one shirt with a tie and a pair of shoes. When I came to house I found that the shirt was made in Bangladesh. The price of that shirt was 15 pounds (around TK.2100/). I was so happy that I could not explain it; other items were made in EU. I successfully defended my viva examinations wearing that Bangladeshi shirt with English suit. In the UK, I did not find any good Bangladeshi products except shirts. I found English people like Bangladeshi shirts very much though the price is not so cheap compared to Chinese shirts (in some cases just one pound!).
During that period our poor garment workers were agitating violently in different parts of Bangladesh. Probably they have lots of grievances. I think the price of one shirt is equal to a monthly salary of a deprived worker. I came to know from newspapers that certain quarters were trying to destroy our garment markets. If this is true, then we all should be very careful. On the other hand, our owners may do a little bit more for the deprived and very poor workers. Thanks to our industrious owners of garment factories and government officials who created this opportunity.
Now the caretaker government and also our politicians may take some initiative to save our garment industry.
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