The cabinet has approved in principle the draft of Bangladesh EPZ Labour Act 2014 keeping a provision on the right to form trade unions.
The Act got the nod in a regular cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday.
Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan informed reporters about the approval after the meeting at the Secretariat.
The Export Promotion Bureau Act 2014 and the Nuclear Energy Control Act (amendment) 2014 also got final approval in the meeting.