Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury has called on protesting garment workers to return to work after announcing the formation of a new minimum wage board.

He says that the government is treating the long-standing demands and rights of workers with the "utmost importance".

Garment workers have been protesting in the capital for the past few days, demanding a minimum wage of Tk 30,000. Clashes with police took place in Dhaka's Mirpur area on Sunday as well.

The labour minister held a press conference at the Secretariat amid an ongoing blockade in Mirpur and announced the formation of a separate board to determine the minimum wage for garment workers.

"Their demand was a wage board, today their wage boa...