Ariful Haque Chowdhury

Rule Changes

Formed the wage board and said it would be gazetted within a week; the board agreed on November 4 to raise the minimum, with the amount still unset

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