Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain today spoke at the Labour and Employment Ministry conference room. Photo: PID

DHAKA, Sept 16, 2025 (BSS) - Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain today said legal action will be taken against the owners of Nassa Group if workers' wages are not paid. 

"Legal action will be taken against the owners of Nassa Group if the workers of the company are not paid their wages on time," the Adviser told a meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on labour and business conditions in Beximco Industrial Park-based industries, at the Labour and Employment Ministry conference room.

In line with the meeting's decisions, the delegation of Nassa Group present was directed to secure a power of attorney from company owner Nazrul Islam Mazumder by September 21 to sell his properties and arrange payment of workers' salaries and allowances for the current month. 

Within this timeframe, the owners must also inform the government whether the company will continue operations or be closed. 

"Otherwise, lawful measures will be taken against the owners," the Adviser warned, adding that the passports of the owner, his wife, son and daughter would be cancelled if directives were ignored.

The meeting held an extensive discussion on Nassa Group, which revealed that the owner and his family members hold significant assets, including two 12-storey buildings at Gulshan-1, land in the 300-feet area, markets in Jalsiri, multiple plots, warehouses and petrol pumps in Meghna Ghat, 300 bighas of land in Thakurgaon, properties in Niketan, DOHS Mohakhali, Purbachal and Uttara, as well as international assets including a date orchard and resort in Dubai. 

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Abdul Hafiz, secretaries from the Chief Adviser's Office, Labour and Employment Ministry, Finance Ministry and Financial Institutions Division, chiefs of law enforcement agencies, the president of BGMEA, and representatives from Bangladesh Bank and Shahjalal Islami Bank were also present in the meeting.