British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) on Sunday donated Tk9.16 crore to the Labour Welfare Fund under the Ministry of Labour and Employment as part of their regular profit sharing initiative.
BAT Bangladesh has been regularly contributing to this fund since the introduction of the Bangladesh Workers Welfare Foundation Act, according to a press release.
On behalf BAT Bangladesh, a four-member delegations team comprising Saad Jasim, head of human resources department of BAT Bangladesh, Sheikh Shabab Ahmed, head of external affairs, and the company’s two other officials Adrita Dutta and Akhtar Anwar Khan, handed over the cheque to State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Mannujan Sufian in the conference room at the Secretariat in the capital.
Labor and Employment Secretary KM Abdus Salam, Director General of Bangladesh Workers Welfare Foundation Mollah Jalal Uddin NDC and other officials were also present amongst others.
Since the Labour Welfare Fund was formed, BATB has been donating a portion of their profit regularly to the fund as a responsible organization.
BATB has solely contributed 15% of the total accumulated Welfare Fund.
In the past 10 years, BAT Bangladesh has so far contributed a total of Tk58.15 crore to the fund.
