Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The minimum wage board for the garment sector has begun its first meeting as workers keep up their protests over pay.

The meeting got under way at 11:25am Wednesday in the board's meeting room in Segunbagicha, with Chairman Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman, a senior district judge, presiding.

Under the Labour Act, the board will recommend minimum wage rates for garment workers and employees.

The government formed the board on Nov 1 while reconstituting the national minimum wage board, amid unrest in the sector.

Employers are represented by ABM Shamsuddin, a director of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Babul Akhter, general secretary of the Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federa...