Sheikh Ashfakur Rahman

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Bangladesh forms garment wage board as protests shut factories

Chaired the wage board's first meeting on November 4, when it agreed to raise the minimum

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