The Bangladeshi government announced the formation of a minimum wage board, chaired by Senior District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman

Legal and ethical standards governing employment conditions, workers' protections, and workplace fairness.

Bangladesh formed a garment-sector wage board after unrest closed hundreds of factories and workers demanded a 30,000-taka monthly minimum, up from 12,500. The board must now determine the wage; its creation does not grant the demand. The dispute affects labour rights and a sector central to national exports.