Prime Minister's meeting on garment worker unrest begins at Secretariat with ministers and advisers present
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has sat in a meeting with ministers and advisers to discuss the overall situation surrounding the garment workers' movement demanding a minimum wage of Tk 30,000 and the incidents involving the police.
The meeting began at 6pm on Sunday (November 1) in the conference room of the Cabinet Division at the Secretariat.
Among those present at the meeting are Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury, State Minister for Local Government Mir Shahe Alam, Prime Minister's adviser Mahdi Amin, and Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, chief coordinator of the BNP's labour organisation Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal.
Earlier, at around 1pm, Labour Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury met the Prime Minister. At that time, he discussed the ongoing worker unrest in the garment industry and the overall situation.
The labour minister has cancelled his visit to the United Arab Emirates amid the workers' movement.
At a press conference at the Secretariat on Sunday morning, he announced the formation of a new wage board to determine the minimum wage for garment workers.
