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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicBangladeshi garment workers

Topic: Bangladeshi garment workers

‘It’s a legitimate demand’: Global fashion factories in Bangladesh reject 56% minimum wage hike

Ruma Paul -
Factory owners are asking for 60% govt-mandated hike. Meanwhile, the govt said minimum wage would rise by 56.25% to 12,500 taka ($114) a month from 1 December — first hike in 5 years.

For Bangladesh’s garment workers, it doesn’t pay to dress up the world anymore

Marvin G. Perez -
More than 1,100 Bangladeshi garment factories reported cancelled orders worth $3.17 billion in exports as of 20 April, affecting 2.27 million workers.

When White House plans for a strike on Iran left Pentagon, State Dept alarmed

Soniya Agrawal -
France President Emmanuel Macron reaches out to resentful citizens, and Bangladesh’s famed garment workers continue protests for better pay.

On Camera

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Opinion

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

Stela Dey -
The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Real question isn’t why songs like Sarke Chunar are made. It’s why we keep playing them

Modi’s three Iran blunders lead to one question—where’s strategic autonomy?

Economy

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

Udit Bubna -
With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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