The government has formed a new wage board to recommend the minimum monthly salary for the garment workers.

The six-member wage board will have a chief of the board and an independent representative along with one representative each from the factory owners, workers, the Bangladesh Employers' Federation and the government.

The labour ministry is scheduled to publish a gazette on the wage board today or by tomorrow, said Sirajul Islam Rony, the workers' representative of the board.

Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), said Md

Siddiqur Rahman, a former president of the BGMEA, is representing the garment factory owners in the new board.

The last wage board recommended minimum wage for the garment workers in 2018.