{"id":3624,"date":"2026-11-01T14:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T09:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2026-11-01T14:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T09:03:47","slug":"bangladesh-forms-wage-board-as-garment-workers-continue-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3624","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh forms wage board as garment workers continue protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bangladesh announced a six-member wage board on Sunday to review garment workers\u2019 pay and urged employees to return to work, but \u200bprotests demanding higher wages continued across major industrial areas, disrupting transport \u200cand factory operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Workers in the South Asian nation are demanding a minimum monthly wage of 30,000 taka ($245), more than double the current 12,500 taka, saying rising costs of food, housing, transport and \u200bhealthcare have sharply eroded their purchasing power.<\/p>\n

The dispute has raised concerns about \u200bdisruption to an industry that employs about 4 million workers, generates more \u2060than 80% of Bangladesh\u2019s export earnings and supplies clothing to many leading Western \u200bbrands.<\/p>\n

Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury said the wage board was formed after \u200bdiscussions with workers\u2019 representatives and industry leaders and urged workers to resume work.<\/p>\n

Despite the announcement, thousands of garment workers staged fresh demonstrations on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse \u200bworkers who had blocked a busy intersection in Dhaka, police said. Some protesters hurled \u200bbricks at officers during the clashes.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of workers also blocked a major highway in Gazipur, on \u200cthe \u2060outskirts of the capital, disrupting transport in one of the country\u2019s key industrial belts.<\/p>\n

The demonstrations forced owners to shut 25 to 30 factories, while authorities deployed Border Guard Bangladesh personnel to maintain order, Gazipur Industrial Police Superintendent Mohammad Amjad Hossain said.<\/p>\n

The latest \u200bunrest follows demonstrations in \u200bAshulia, a major \u2060garment manufacturing hub on the outskirts of Dhaka, where dozens of factories suspended operations on Saturday after workers staged protests demanding \u200bhigher pay.<\/p>\n

Chowdhury warned that prolonged disruptions could delay export shipments \u200band payments \u2060from international buyers, creating further difficulties for manufacturers and workers alike.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh\u2019s ready-made garment industry, the world\u2019s largest after China, contributes about 10% of gross domestic product and is the \u2060backbone of \u200bthe economy.<\/p>\n

Manufacturers, however, said the sector is facing mounting \u200bchallenges,<\/a> including rising production costs, periodic gas and electricity shortages, and uncertainty in energy markets linked to tensions \u200bin the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bangladesh announced a six-member wage board on Sunday to review garment workers\u2019 pay and urged employees to return to work, but \u200bprotests demanding higher wages continued across major industrial areas, disrupting transport \u200cand factory operations. Workers in the South Asian nation are demanding a minimum monthly wage of 30,000 taka ($245), more than double the current 12,500 taka, saying rising costs of food, housing, transport and \u200bhealthcare have sharply eroded their purchasing power. The dispute has raised concerns about \u200bdisruption to an industry that employs about 4 million workers, generates…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}