bKash to disburse five garment factories’ salaries

Mobile financial service provider bKash signed agreements with five garment factories at its Dhaka head office recently to disburse salaries and allowances of their employees.

Kamal Quadir, chief executive officer of bKash, MA Mazid Talukdar, managing director of Zoom Group, Rafsan Elahi, director of Lariz Fashion, Assaduzzaman Chowdhury, director of Greenlife Group, Md Zahiduzzaman Saim, director of APS Group, and AKM Shaheed Ahmed, executive director of MM Group, inked the deal on Wednesday.

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As a part of the agreement, bKash has been setting up a "Sulov Bazar" on the premises of the factories from where workers can avail daily essentials at "low prices" paying through bKash, a press release said.

It is also working on installing sanitary napkin vending machines for female workers in the factories.

The recent development brings the number of factories availing the facility to over 800.