It is shocking that the wage board sees it fit to approve such a meagre amount for minimum wage for RMG workers, which is a quarter of what they need just to stay above the poverty line.
Workers of a garment factory in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today held a sit-in in front of the establishment to protest its closure for an indefinite period.
Garment workers block road: Garment workers blocked roads in Dhaka's Motijheel and Kamalapur area, demanding withdrawal of the authorities' decision of shifting the factories to somewhere else.