The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has proposed Tk 17,568 as the minimum monthly wage for garment workers in Bangladesh.

The think-tank placed the new proposal at a discussion on minimum wage revision for the garment sector workers at Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka today.

Labour rights organisations have been demanding up to Tk 25,000 as the minimum wage for workers of the garment sector, the country's biggest industry.

The government formed wage board on April 9 this year for recommending a new wage structure for the over 4 million garment workers of Bangladesh.