And while cost reduction is essential, it should not come at the expense of product quality.

If we can feed the RMG industry with blood, sweat, and taxes year after year, surely we should be able to decide the bare minimum that it pays its workers?

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.

RMG workers’ platforms rejected new wage structure

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

However, they didn’t say how much the amount will be raised

The Bangladesh chapter of IndustriALL says in a press briefing

If it’s left to garment suppliers, the green transition will take decades.

Garment workers urged not to resort to violence over rumour 

In the past week, a few interesting things happened. For one, a report by a New York-based research firm was published, which found that Bangladesh topped the list of countries with the quickest growth of ultra-wealthy individuals.