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17
sentences that state something as happening or true
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12%
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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Bangladesh’s garment factories reopened on Monday (November 2, 2026) after widespread closures and production disruptions a day earlier, but manufacturers remain concerned about further unrest over workers’ demands for higher wages.
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manufacturers → reopen → wages
The ready-made garment sector accounts for more than 80% of Bangladesh’s export earnings, employs about 4 million workers and contributes around 10% to gross domestic product.
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sector → make → product
The latest unrest disrupted operations in key manufacturing hubs and raised concerns over export shipments and buyer confidence in Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest apparel exporter after China, as workers demanded a minimum monthly wage of 30,000 taka ($243), up from 12,500 taka.
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workers → disrupt → taka
The demand reflects mounting pressure from rising living costs and persistent inflation.
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demand → reflect → costs
The government formed a six-member minimum wage board on Sunday (November 1) to review the demand, but the move failed to immediately quell unrest.
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move → form → unrest
Workers set up road blockades in several industrial areas on Sunday, with police in the capital Dhaka using tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters.
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police → set → protesters
“Bangladesh has among the lowest garment wages in the world,” said Babul Akhter, general secretary of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation and a workers’ representative on the wage board.
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Akhter → have → board
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“If factory owners cannot pay workers properly, they should negotiate better prices with international buyers.
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they → read → buyers
They cannot build a business on the backs of underpaid workers.”
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They → build → workers
‘No work, no pay provision’
Factory owners said the industry faces higher costs, energy market uncertainty linked to conflict in West Asia and slowing demand in key export markets.
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industry → say → markets
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said demonstrations in multiple cities disrupted operations at 529 factories and affected nearly 1 million workers.
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demonstrations → say → workers
“The government has already taken a step by forming the wage board.
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government → take → board
We expect workers to allow the review process to proceed,” said BGMEA president Mahmud Hasan Khan.
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Khan → expect → ?
“If protests break out later in the day and we are forced to shut factories, we will have no option but to invoke the ‘no work, no pay’ provision,” he said, adding industry representatives were scheduled to meet the Home Minister to discuss the unrest.
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representatives → break → unrest
Selim Raihan, an economics professor at the University of Dhaka, said workers’ demands were understandable, given that high inflation and suppressed wages could cause further unrest.
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inflation → say → unrest
However, he cautioned that a substantial wage increase could raise production costs, squeeze exporters’ profit margins and weaken Bangladesh’s price competitiveness.
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increase → caution → competitiveness
“A phased wage adjustment, improved productivity, and fairer pricing from international buyers are essential to balancing workers’ welfare with industrial sustainability.”
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adjustment → phase → sustainability
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