Rokeya Quader, Chairman, Desh Garments; Irene Taludkar, Director, Irene Knitwears; Munazzama Mustari Tania, Director, Musk Sweater Composite; Naseema Akhter, Proprietor, JS Apparels; Neelam Gupta, MD, DGN Apparels are some of the respected names in Bangladeshi RMG industry. While all these companies are leading the apparel export business in this country, they are doing so with women at their helm.
Rokeya Quader, wife of M Noorul Quader (who was a freedom fighter, a bureaucrat, the first Secretary to the Bangladesh Government, and then the Founder of Desh Garments), who till date is respected for building apparel exports in the country. Rokeya Quader, who is now the company Chairperson, took full control of the office in 1998 within 40 days of the demise of her husband, struggling to run the family business with
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