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The RMG workers protesting for a minimum wage of Tk 25,000, but those in power are concocting ways to thwart this mission.

In recent years, Bangladesh has been grappling with a deepening chasm of inequality.

A persistently higher inflation for more than a year has hit the low-income, the poor and the fixed-income people in Bangladesh hard, significantly eroding their purchasing power.  

Since the 1980s, various international corporate groups, with the help of local partners, have formed alliances with the aim of exploiting Bangladesh's abundant natural resources and making quick profits. In this vein, instead of strengthening national capability, policies were formulated to lease out oil and natural gas fields to international companies.

IN fast-growing Dhaka, which is losing what is left of its green spaces and water bodies to urban development, residents are rallying to protect their environment and fight climate change.