Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- The government believes attempts to create unrest in the country by exploiting garment workers' protests may continue beyond December, as long as Awami League president Sheikh Hasina remains alive, Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said on Tuesday.

The government is prepared to resist such attempts, he told reporters at a press briefing on the progress of various government activities at the Secretariat.

Zahed said garment workers' wages are generally reviewed every five years, with wage structures revised in 2006, 2010, 2013, 2018 and 2023.

Accordingly, there was no plan to form a new wage board in 2026, just three years after the previous revision, he said.

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