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Garment workers' strikes in Bangladesh: hundreds of factories closed, authorities set up wage commission

Days-long protests by garment workers in Bangladesh demanding a minimum wage increase to 30,000 taka have led to the closure of about 670 factories, clashes with police and the deployment of paramilitary forces in the industrial suburbs of Dhaka. The government has announced the creation of a wage review commission, but workers continue the strike.

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