Cooperative efforts, sound leadership vital going ahead

The United States yesterday condemned "the recent violence against workers" in Bangladesh protesting the minimum wage, as well as the criminalisation of legitimate trade union and workers' activities

The manner in which RMG unrest is being handled defies logic

Even with low productivity, a Bangladeshi worker working an average of 14-15 hours a day produces $1,400 or more a month.

Like every morning, Nargis Parvin made sure to tell her husband Jalal Uddin to stay safe when he would leave for work.

The reaction of the owners to the workers' legitimate demand, however, has been totally unacceptable.

Will the wage board and our policymakers truly hear the stories of backbreaking work and heartbreaking debt of the garment workers, who have kept the economy going even at its worst phases?

Why should there be two different food standards for two social strata?

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has proposed Tk 17,568 as the minimum monthly wage for garment workers in Bangladesh.

A board formed for recommending the minimum wage for garment workers could not come up with any proposal on the monthly rates even at its third meeting held in Dhaka yesterday.