BGMEA informed that most RMG factories plan to open in phases and go into full-scale operation within a week. As per Dhaka Tribune, most RMG workers in Bangladesh could not go to their native villages on Eid holidays due to a government ban on travel and unavailability of public transport. However, most owners have not opened their factories as yet. Those that have opened are yet to go into production in full swing as they do not have work orders, adds SM Mannan Kochi, Senior Vice President, BGMEA. Workers are also yet to receive the second set of stimulus packages, he says.

Salauddin Swapan, Acting President, IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (IBC), informs, most factories will start working in full force from next week. Babul Akhter, President, of Bangladesh Industrial and Garment Workers Federation (BIGWF), agrees with this.