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BLF-LAFARGEHOLCIM-DONATION
LafargeHolcim donates Taka 99.57 lakh to BLF fund
DHAKA, Nov 29, 2020 (BSS) – LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited, a cement
producing company, today donated Taka 99.57 lakh, a fixed portion of its last
year’s profit to Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation (BLF) fund.
General Manager of the company ABM Mamun-Or Rashid handed over a donation
cheque for Taka 99,57,377 to State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum
Monnujan Sufian at her office in the Secretariat here, said a press release.
Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation (BLWF) Director General Dr Mollah
Jalal Uddin and LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited’s labour representative
Jahangir Alam were present, among others, on the occasion.
As per the Labour Law, a total of 176 local, international and
multinational companies donate one of tenth of five percent of their total
profit to the BLF fund.
A total of Taka 490 crore, so far, has been deposited to the BLF fund. Of
the fund, assistances of about Taka 44 crore have been given to about 10,500
workers of institutional and non-institutional sector.
Besides, a four-member delegation led by former secretaries Dr Mahfuzul
Haque and Michail Shiper handed over a report titled “Developing Guidelines
for Joint Policy Recommendations on decent Labour Rights of Informal Waste
and Sanitation Workers” published by the Practical Action in Bangladesh to
the state minister.
Former additional secretary Md Aminul Islam and project manager of
Practical Action in Bangladesh Uttam Kumar were present on the occasion.
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