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Nov 1, 2026

Bangladesh garment factories disrupted as workers protest for higher wages

Garment factory workers in Bangladesh staged protests demanding higher minimum wages, leading to widespread closures and production disruptions. Factories reopened after a day but manufacturers remain concerned about further unrest in the country's largest export sector.

Nov 1, 20268 sources

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▪Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association president Mahmud Hasan Khan warned that owners would invoke the 'no work, no pay' provision if violent protests forced further factory shutdowns
▪Law enforcement deployed five platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh to Gazipur and utilized tear gas and water cannon in Dhaka to clear road blockades set up by garment workers
▪Bangladesh's six-member minimum wage board includes BGMEA director ABM Shamsuddin and Bangladesh Employers' Federation joint secretary-general Asif Ayub representing owners, alongside BGIWF general secretary Babul Akhter and Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal president Anwar Hossain representing workers

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Bangladesh's garment-worker wage protests1 Cost of living1 Labour rights1 Protest policing1 Protests and civil unrest1

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