Bangladesh to Increase Minimum Wage for Textile Workers to Tk 10,000 In a significant move, the Bangladesh government has decided to enhance the minimum wage for textile workers, with the Wage Board finalizing a draft proposal. The new minimum wage is expected to be set at Tk 10,000, almost double the previous amount of Tk 5,710 fixed in 2018. The decision follows a 56% increase in the minimum wages of ready-made garment workers in the last three months. Read: Bharat Tex 2024: Elevating India’s Textile Industry to Global Heights Raisa Afroz, Secretary of the Minimum Wage Board, confirmed the finalization of the draft and mentioned that the gazette publication on this matter is imminent. Industry insiders argue that the increase is justified, considering that the workload in the text...