Published: 12:10 AM, 12 May 2026 Last Update: 12:14 AM, 12 May 2026
BGMEA, BKMEA leaders call on PM
Leaders of BGMEA and BKMEA meet Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at Prime Minister's Office on Monday. -PMO
Leaders of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday.
The business leaders met the premier at the Prime Minister's Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat in the afternoon, said PM's Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony.
During the meeting with the Prime Minister, he said, the BGMEA and BKMEA leaders discussed the current situation and future prospects of the country's ready-made garments and knitwear industries - two of the key drivers of the national economy- as well as various aspects of expanding the country's export trade.
Industries Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon, Prime Minister's Adviser and PMO Spokesperson Mahdi Amin and Prime Minister's Principal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar were present at the meeting, among others.
