Speakers at a roundtable meeting on 'Child Labour: Way of Prevention' demanded enactment of law to stop child labour in bidi factories and tobacco procession industries.

Bangladesh Trade Union Centre (BTUC) organised the round table.

They said child labour has been stopped in the readymade garments sector. This scourge can also be stopped in bidi factories.

The child workers become victims of various incurable diseases in bidi factories and tobacco processing industries, they said.

The discussants included Prof Sahinoor Rahman, chairman English Department of Islami University; Rezaul Karim of Bangla Department; IU research fellow Amanur Aman; Officer-in-charge of Sadar police station Abdur Noor; MA Kader, executive director of Setu, a local NGO; journalist Matiur Rahman Laltu; Shanara Rashid Jharna; Syeda Habiba; Sanjay Chaki; Rahmat Rizvi; Nurul Kadera and ILO official Jaganmoy Brozesh Biswas. BTUC Programme Coordinator Ahasan Nabab was in the chair.