Labour and Employment Adviser Brig Gen (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain attended a seminar at Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) in Savar. Photo: BSS

SAVAR, June 25, 2025 (BSS) – Labour and Employment Adviser Brig Gen (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain today said some garments factories experienced closures before last year’s August 5 although it was often mentioned that these closures were taken place after August 5. 

 “The owners of these garments factories took huge loans from the banks but they did not pay the salaries and dues of the employees timely,” he said while talking to journalists after attending a seminar at Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) here.

The Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur, organized the seminar with the participation of military officers of different ranks from 24 countries.

The adviser said that the owners of these garments have taken loans ranging from Taka 200 crore to Taka 300 crore from banks and most of them are now defaulters. Now, the banks are not giving more loans to them as they did not refund the money timely, Dr Sakhawat said. 

Most of the owners of these garments have already left the country due to their own crisis as they ran their business with political connections, he added.

Replying to another question, Dr Sakhawat claimed that most of the employees of recently closed Beximco Group have already joined different factories across the country including Chattogram.