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The labor ministry's advisory panel proposed the 3.1-per cent increase of the minimum wage in its guidelines.

The labourers working in the Khutiya-Dipayal fast track have not been paid for a year.

In a joint statement, private sector umbrella organisations have said the government’s decision to raise the minimum wage of workers was inappropriate at the moment.

Police in southeastern Bangladesh on Saturday killed at least five people at an under-construction power plant amid clashes with thousands of workers protesting over unpaid wages and other demands, officials said.