Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the foreign buyers to increase the price of Bangladeshi garment products, saying that this money would be spent for further welfare of the country’s four million RMG workers.

The prime minister came up with the request when Dutch Ambassador to

Bangladesh Gerben de Jong paid a farewell call on her at her office in Dhaka this morning.

After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.

Spelling out her government’s steps for the welfare of the RMG workers, the prime minister said her administration has increased the wages of the RMG workers over 200% in the last six years.

“Besides, we are setting up dormitories for the female garment workers,” she said.

While talking about concern of different countries about Bangladesh’s garment sector issue, the Prime Minister lauded the role of the Netherlands to this end. “The Netherlands never put pressure on Bangladesh in this regard,” she said.

Pointing out women empowerment in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina said job opportunity is being created for the females side by side with their education.

The Dutch envoy highly appreciated Bangladesh’s development in RMG sector, saying that Bangladesh’s target of earning US Dollar 50 billion from the sector by 2021 is possible.