I do not think they deserve it considering all those low paid workers..They do not pay their employees handsomely and the government is contemplating of awarding them economic package? What a waste of money!!!

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The government will announce a combined incentive package within a month for different industries including readymade garments to stave off the fallout of the global recession.

It will also revise the present list of the beneficiaries under different programmes including social security network and elderly citizens' allowances.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith said this to reporters yesterday after a meeting with Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters Association.

Two separate meetings were held yesterday with the finance minister in the chair to discuss the incentive package.

During the meeting the association leaders said the demand for leather in the world market including the USA and UK had dropped due to world economic recession. As a result they have unsold leather worth about Tk 2500 crore.

Leaders at the meeting demanded loans from the government at low interest rate and increase in cash incentive to fight the present economic depression.

The finance minister told reporters the government was not thinking about only one sector rather it was working for the betterment of all sectors.

After the present government came to power several associations met the finance minister seeking cash subsidy and moratorium on payment of default loans for a certain period of time.

We are now working on it and it will soon be finalised, a finance ministry official said.