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The government will publish the gazette for a six-member garment minimum wage board, comprising employer, worker, government and independent representatives, once the workers' list arrives after employers' nominations, Labour Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury said on Tuesday.
Addressing the 96th Tripartite Consultative Council and 25th RMG TCC meetings at Dhaka's CIRDAP centre with Labour Secretary Md Abdur Rahman Tarfder, Choudhury urged clearing wages by the seventh monthly and settling disputes internally without road blockades.
Warning against embarrassing the government, he ordered law enforcement and intelligence agencies to prosecute outside instigators fuelling chaos.
Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation President Nazma Akter cited moves to form the board this month, joint drives with industrial police and local administration on Gazipur unrest and dues, and talks on pay, rent, essentials and energy.
Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal's Razekuzzaman Ratan welcomed the policy decision, BGMEA Vice-President Rezwan Selim sought solutions to Gazipur and Kaliakair protests, and BKMEA President Mohammad Hatem cited government commitment to wage hikes, urging workers not to damage factories.
Source: The Daily Star
Expatriate workers sent $2.45 billion in the first 26 days of October, lifting Bangladesh's cumulative remittance inflow to $11.04 billion between 1 July and 26 October of the current fiscal year, Bangladesh Bank data showed on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed all financial companies operating in the country to complete receiving applications and obtaining board approval to provide special rescheduling and restructuring facilities to affected borrowers by 31 December 2026.
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