Dhaka, Feb. 27 -- Women in Bangladesh continue to receive lower wages than their male counterparts for the same work, according to the World Bank's (WB) latest report titled 'Women, Business and the Law 2026'.

The report, released on Tuesday, says Bangladesh scored much lower than the global standards across three key pillars -- legal frameworks, supportive frameworks and enforcement perceptions.

The 11th edition of the report introduced a revamped "2.0" methodology that evaluates not only laws on the books but also supportive institutional frameworks and expert perceptions of how these laws are applied.

Under this new methodology, Bangladesh scored 34.38 out of 100 on the Legal Frameworks Index, well below the global average of 67.

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