Being impressed by the safety and compliance standards of DBL Group, a RMG manufacturer, German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation Gerd Muller urged the sector people to follow suit in a bid to gain the topmost position in the world.
Muller said this at an inauguration of a mini-Fire Brigade Station to be built in Kashimpur, Gazipur, jointly by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, DBL Group, GIZ and Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed attended the event with his German counterpart.
Muller said he is deeply impressed about the philosophy of DBL Group, workers’ standard and economical standard of production that have been done in partnership with the German government for its consumers, said Muller.
“I appreciate this very much that DBL created a community for village, clinic, fair price shop and fire station,” he said.
This should be the standard for other textile companies in Bangladesh too, he said, urging all factory owners to follow DBL to become top in the world.
“Of course, we know that not every textile company in Bangladesh is in this position.”
DBL is producing especially for German companies, and therefore, the Germans are proud of this partnership, he said.
Talking about his German counterpart, Tofail said not only DBL but also there are many RMG factories in Bangladesh having same facilities and standards.
He also urged the minister to visit other factories to see Bangladesh standards in compliance issues.
Bangladesh has inspected 3,400 RMG factories to asses safety standards and found only 32 risky to safety, said the commerce minister.
“We have taken the Rana Plaza incident as a wake-up call and taken measures to upgrade safety standards. So now we are safe.”