Bangladesh will raise the minimum wage for garment workers by 56.25%, the first hike since 2019, the junior labour minister said on Tuesday after a week of protests calling for higher salaries.

The minimum wage for workers will rise to 12,500 taka ($113.64) per month from Dec. 1, State Minister for Labour and Employment Monnujan Sufian said.

The protests, which led to clashes with police that killed one worker and wounded dozens more, pushed the government to form a panel of factory owners, union leaders and officials to consider the demand for higher pay. ($1 = 110.0000 taka) (Reporting by Ruma Paul, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, editing by Andrew Heavens)