After more than two weeks of unrest in the garment sector over minimum wages, normalcy has started to be restored with almost all factories reopening and workers returning to their workplaces yesterday.

At least 12 garment factories of Gazipur were declared closed after workers resumed protests demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 23,000

Female worker was shot dead yesterday in clash with police following union leaders' rejection of new minimum wage

Forty-eight platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in Dhaka and nearby districts to ensure security at garment factories

The wage board for garment workers has set the minimum salary at Tk 12,500, a little over half of what workers demand.

The announcement came from State Minister for Labour Monnujan Sufian

Garment factory owners have submitted a new proposal on the minimum wage for apparel workers in Bangladesh, revising it upwards to Tk 12,500, according to a source. 

The meeting of the wage board began at its office in Dhaka today to finalise the minimum salary for garment workers in Bangladesh.

For more than 11 days, RMG workers have been protesting demanding Tk 23,000 as minimum wage