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RMG buyers urged to raise prices commensurate with wage hike

Business

- Times Report - November 10, 2023November 11, 2023

The apparel apex body, BGMEA, has urged the global brands, retailers and their representatives in Bangladesh to adjust the prices of all goods to be shipped from December next commensurate with the wage hike announced on Tuesday. On the following day, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association President Faruque Hassan in

Tea workers join work after 19 days

National

- Times Report - August 28, 2022August 29, 2022

Tea garden workers in Sylhet began returning to work even on their weekly holiday, Sunday ending 19 days of strike after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped in to increase their daily wages to Tk 170 to 120. The new date was announced on Saturday night after the prime minister's meeting with

Tea garden owners propose wage hike by Tk 20 Workers now want PM’s intervention

National

- Times Report - August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

The workers of 167 tea gardens across the country, including 92 of Moulvibazar, continued their strike on Thursday as the garden owners proposed a daily wage hike by only Tk 20 against the demand of an increase to Tk 300 from Tk120. The owners offered to increase wage from Tk 120

TIB for logical wage hike of tea workers

National

- Times Report - August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the authorities concerned to raise the wage of the tea workers logically through discussion instead of threating them to stop the ongoing peaceful movement across the country. Tea workers' daily wage of only Tk 120 after working for eight hours and sometimes even more, with