It is the responsibility of the government to ensure justice and protection for tea workers

he cabinet has approved the National Wage Scale-2015 and allowances for the workers of public sector industries, doubling their minimum wage to Tk 8,300 as per recommendations from the National Wages and Productivity Commission 2015.

A number of ministers yesterday demanded stricter monitoring of the activities of the local and international NGOs operating in Bangladesh. They also called for scrutinising the earnings and expenditures of the non-governmental organisations, alleging that some of those provoke workers to create chaos.