Garment workers in Bangladesh reduce spending on food and healthcare due to low wages

Updated 2026-11-11 · told from many outlets at once

The government's wage board agreed on a revised wage structure to be implemented from December. This follows garment workers protesting last week to demand the minimum monthly wage be raised from 12,500 taka to 30,000 taka.

• Bangladesh has faced a prolonged cost-of-living squeeze since 2022.
• Garment workers protested last week demanding the minimum monthly wage be raised to 30,000 taka from 12,500 taka.
• The government’s wage board agreed on a revised wage structure to be implemented from December.

Outlets: Dawn, Prothom Alo English, The Business Standard (BD), The Japan Times, The Kathmandu Post, TimesLIVE

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