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The process to fix minimum wages for the readymade garment sector is going on at a slow pace, much to the annoyance of rights groups and workers, labour leaders said.

The government of Bangladesh has recently formed a new wage board for the readymade garment (RMG) industry where 4.4 million workers are currently employed.

A cabinet member on Monday proposed formation of a wage board to increase workers’ wages in the apparel sector, last revised in 2013, as the government employees’ pay structures were hiked two years back.

A move has been initiated to review wages of readymade garment workers against the backdrop of workers’ movement for pay hike and demands from national and international labour rights groups. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has requested the government to form a minimum wage board in this regard as the apparel factory owners have expressed their willingness to raise the workers’ wages.