The government has replaced the Chairman of the newly formed Minimum Wage Board for readymade garment (RMG) workers, transferring District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman and appointing District and Sessions Judge Syed Azad Subhani as the new Chairman.
The Law and Justice Division under the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued an official gazette notification on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Under this order, outgoing Chairman Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman has been transferred to serve as the Director (Training) at the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI). Syed Azad Subhani, who previously served as District and Sessions Judge at the Child Violence Prevention Tribunal in Pirojpur, assumes immediate leadership of the Dhaka Minimum Wage Board.
Read nextLabor and Management Agree to Implement New RMG Minimum Wage Effective December 1, with Increased Salaries Payable in JanuaryThis high-level administrative modification occurred on the very day the six-member Minimum Wage Board convened its inaugural meeting to address ongoing industrial unrest and worker demands for raising minimum monthly salaries from ৳12,500 to ৳30,000. Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman had been ex-officio Chairman since the board's official reconstitution on November 1.
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