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Bangladesh forms wage board as garment workers protest

Workers want thirty thousand taka a month, more than double the current twelve thousand five hundred; the board reviewing it is a six-member panel.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on BBN After Hours
Published 3:45 AM ET, Sunday, November 1, 2026

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First reported by Al Jazeera: “Bangladesh forms wage board as garment workers protest”, with reporting from Arab News and Reuters via Investing.com.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 3:45 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield.

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Al JazeeraBangladesh forms wage board as garment workers protest
Arab NewsArab News November 1, 2026 · facts used on air
Reuters via Investing.comBangladesh to form wage board after garment protests shut factories By Reuters November 1, 2026 · facts used on air

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorGarment workers protested in industrial cities, and police say about thirty factories in Ashulia, outside Dhaka, declared holidays.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBangladesh is forming a wage board on Sunday to review their pay.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA board. That's the fix?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSix members: government, workers and factory owners. In November twenty twenty-three, the last wage board set the minimum at twelve thousand five hundred taka.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is the wage under protest.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey brought back the board that wrote the problem.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDoes this touch my life, though? I buy a lot of T-shirts.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorArab News says the industry employs about four million people and is the world's largest after China.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWorkers want thirty thousand taka, about two hundred forty-five dollars. Whether prices move is unclear.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the workers asked the board that wrote twelve thousand five hundred for thirty thousand. Good luck.