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Final gazette of minimum wages of garment workers published

Dhaka, Dec 21: The final gazette has been published fixing the minimum wage of garment workers at Tk 12,500.

BGMEA decides to open all closed garment factories

Dhaka, Nov 15: The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has decided to open all garment factories that have been closed indefinitely. This decision has been taken after discussions with the workers of the affected area, labor organizations, local political leaders, administration, and industrial police.

Garment workers reject minimum wage, to hold protest rally on Friday

Dhaka, Nov 8: The wage board has announced that the minimum wage of garment workers will be Tk 12,500. The workers rejected this announcement. They called for reconsidering the demand of making the minimum wage Tk 25,000. The labour leaders have announced to hold a rally next Friday to protest against the reasonable increase in wages.

Minimum wage for garment workers to be Tk 12,500, effective from December

Dhaka, Nov 8: The minimum wage of garment workers has been fixed at Tk 12,500. The minimum wage for garment workers was last fixed in 2018. Accordingly, the garment workers were getting a minimum wage of Tk 8,000. The minimum wage has increased by Tk 4,500 compared to earlier.

If there is a movement, garments will be closed: PM Hasina

Dhaka, June 7: Mentioning that the people of the village are well, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, "I have seen garment workers protesting for a few days now. If the movement stops the factory and work, then the job will go away."

Seven members of syndicate involved in stealing of garments arrested

Dhaka, September 20: When a factory-made garment for export was transported in a truck-covered van from Dhaka to Chittagong port, an unscrupulous transport on the road and a gang of thieves cleverly removed some goods from each consignment. The cycle has long been associated with theft. As a result, the reputation of the garment industry in Bangladesh was tarnished and this promising sector was in question. Foreign buyers were turning away from importing Bangladeshi garments as they received less products than the specified number. The anger of foreign buyers was also long-standing.

Industries will remain closed from July 23 to August 5

Dhaka, July 13: All types of factories will remain shut from July 23 till August 5 or during the second cycle of hard lockdown in the country, according to a government notification.