{
  "id": "bangladesh-garment-wage",
  "edition_date": "2026-11-05",
  "section": "Macro",
  "kicker": "Bangladesh wages",
  "headline": "Bangladesh Garment Wage Board Sets December Start",
  "deck": "Employers and workers agreed a revised garment-wage structure beginning Dec. 1; workers will receive it in January salary payments.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Macro Desk",
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  },
  "timestamp": "12:10 UTC",
  "next_update_utc": "14:00",
  "revision": 1,
  "topics": [
    "trade-policy"
  ],
  "body": [
    "Bangladesh’s garment-sector wage board agreed with employer and worker representatives that a revised minimum-wage structure will take effect on Dec. 1 and be paid with January salaries, the Daily Sun reported. [E2]",
    "AFP reported that workers had sought a December wage increase so they could receive their revised salaries in January. [E1]",
    "The agreement was announced after the eighth minimum-wage board’s first meeting in Dhaka, Ajker Patrika reported. [E3]"
  ],
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    {
      "label": "Effective date",
      "value": "Dec. 1",
      "dir": "flat"
    },
    {
      "label": "First pay",
      "value": "January",
      "dir": "flat"
    }
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      "source": "afp.com",
      "as_of": "2026-11-05T01:50:00Z",
      "fragment": "The workers have been demanding a wage increase by December so that they can receive their revised salaries in January,",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "s-ca536064 https://www.afp.com/en/bangladesh-increase-garment-sector-pay-wage-board",
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        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T01:50:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "The workers have been demanding a wage increase by December so that they can receive their revised salaries in January,",
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      "source": "daily-sun.com",
      "as_of": "2026-11-05T01:50:00Z",
      "fragment": "Daily Sun reported that employer and worker representatives agreed revised minimum wages would take effect from 1 December and be paid with January salaries.",
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        "source_url": "http://www.daily-sun.com/front-page/907247",
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      }
    },
    {
      "source": "ajkerpatrika.com",
      "as_of": "2026-11-05T01:50:00Z",
      "fragment": "Ajker Patrika reported that the agreement was announced after the eighth minimum-wage board’s first meeting in Dhaka.",
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    "s-ca536064 https://www.afp.com/en/bangladesh-increase-garment-sector-pay-wage-board",
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  "facts_checked_utc": "08:51"
}