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Bangladesh forms garment wage board as protests shut factories

Garment employers' representative on the wage board; said the board will finish by December so workers can receive increased salaries in January

Bangladesh's garment wage board agreed on November 4 to raise the sector's minimum wage, but did not say by how much. The decision came as protests entered a fifth day, with clashes in Savar and Gazipur and hundreds of factories suspending operations.

Updated 4 days ago