Bangladesh to form wage board after garment protests shut factories
What happened
Bangladesh has set up a six-member wage board to review garment workers' pay, but thousands kept protesting in Dhaka and Gazipur on Nov 1.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said the unrest has shut 529 factories and left 987,190 workers without work.
Workers want the monthly minimum raised to 30,000 taka, more than double the current 12,500, citing higher costs of food, housing, transport and healthcare.
The board has a judge as chairman, two employer and two worker representatives, and a university professor as the independent member, Prothom Alo reported.
Labour Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury urged workers to return to the factories and warned that prolonged disruption could delay export shipments and payments from buyers.
“The cost of living has increased far beyond our incomes”
Straits Times
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- 2026-11-01 03:10 UTCArab News · arabnews.com ↗
- 2026-11-01 04:00 UTCKathmandu Post same text as Arab News · kathmandupost.com ↗
- 2026-11-01 07:22 UTCCNA same text as Arab News · channelnewsasia.com ↗
- 2026-11-01 07:28 UTCProthom Alo · en.prothomalo.com ↗
- 2026-11-01 07:30 UTCStraits Times · straitstimes.com ↗
- 2026-11-01 08:13 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
- 2026-11-01 16:21 UTCThe Hindu · thehindu.com ↗
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