The workers who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 fallout across three sectors -- garments, leather and footwear -- are about to finally receive Tk 3,000 per month as financial assistance.

In the first phase, 1,794 people will get cash assistance of Tk 3,000 each month for a three-month period starting from September.

Begum Mannujan Sufian, state minister for labour and employment, inaugurated the social security programme for unemployed and hardworking workers in export-oriented garments, leather products and footwear at Shrama Bhaban in the capital's Bijoy Nagar area yesterday.

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