The minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh has been officially set at Taka 12,500 per month.
This has been announced by the Wage Board Chairman Liaquat Ali Mollah during a press conference held at the labour ministry’s secretariat office in Dhaka recently.
Notably, the revised salary structure now comprises four grades, marking a reduction from the original five grades.
The decision to streamline the wage system follows a previous reduction from seven to five grades on 7th November.
The initial draft proposed five grades, but after consultations with board members, it was ultimately streamlined to four grades.