BGMEA chief critically ill
Siddiqur Rahman, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, has been admitted to a hospital in Singapore after he suffered a heart attack in Dhaka Wednesday night.
Rahman, also the managing director of Sterling Group, a leading garment exporter, was taken to Square Hospital on Wednesday evening when he complained of chest pains after a meeting at the capital's Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. He is scheduled for an angiogram profiling on Monday, said Mohammed Nasir, vice-president of BGMEA.
As a leader of one of the vital trade bodies, he has recently been mediating several important issues like factory inspection and remediation by the Accord and Alliance and representing the owners in fixing of minimum wage for 4.4 million garment workers.
Rahman was elected the president of the BGMEA in September 2015 and his tenure was extended twice.
