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Deshbandhu to set up garment factory in Uttara EPZ

25 Jul '17
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Courtesy: Deshbandhu Group
Courtesy: Deshbandhu Group

Deshbandhu Textile Mills, a member of Deshbandhu Group, a leading corporate house in Bangladesh, will set up a garment factory in Uttara Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nilphamari, part of Rangpur division in Northern Bangladesh. Deshbandhu has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) for setting up the factory.

As per the agreement, Deshbandhu will invest $53.77 million or Tk 435 crore to set up the factory in Uttara EPZ, managed by BEPZA.

The factory will have capacity to produce 27.6 million pieces of denim and woven trousers per annum. It will employ more than 3,700 persons, according to a BEPZA statement.

The agreement was signed by Sarwar Jahan Talukder, an adviser to Deshbandhu Textile Mills, and Zillur Rahman, member of the BEPZA, in presence of Deshandhu Group chairman Golam Mostafa at the BEPZA office in Dhaka.

Deshbandhu Textile Mills has a 100% export-oriented unit at Kumajpur, Nalka in Sirajganj, about 150 km from Dhaka. (RKS)

ALCHEMPro News Desk – India

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