Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi made the announcement after a meeting between garment factory owners and labour leaders on Tuesday. The labour and employment ministry called the meeting as the protests continued for the third day on Tuesday. The government on Nov 25 last year gazetted the new wage structure for RMG workers setting Tk 8,000 as the minimum monthly pay. Different leftist workers’ groups have demanded that the minimum wage for garment workers be raised to Tk 16,000. “She herself arranged the rise in workers’ wage.

Source: bd News24 January 08, 2019 13:44 UTC