Dhaka, March 9 -- The country's apparel makers have urged the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) to keep its services continuing during the upcoming public holidays from March 17 to 10 next for facilitating shipments of garment products.

Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Mahmud Hasan Khan recently made the request in a letter to the Vice Chairman of the EPB.

". you are requested to take necessary steps to continues the EPB's services during the public holidays on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr (from March 17 to 19) for the sake of uninterrupted export-import activities of the country's readymade garment industry," the BGMEA leader said in its letter.

He further said it is important to keep the custom...