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

It will sit at 11am Wednesday in the board's meeting room in Segunbagicha, according to a media statement.

The board's industrial wing said Chairman Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman, a senior district judge, will preside.

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 t...