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DHAKA: Police fired tear gas at thousands of workers who set a bus on fire outside Bangladesh’s capital Tuesday, with tensions rising ahead of a new minimum wage announcement for millions of garment labourers. Bangladesh’s 3,500 garment factories account for around 85 percent of the South Asian country’s $55 billion in annual exports, supplying many of the world’s top names in fashion including Levi’s, Zara and H&M. But conditions are dire for many of the sector’s four million workers, the vast majority of whom are women whose monthly wages start at 8,300 taka ($75). Workers have gone on strike to demand a near-tripling of their wages, with violent scenes in recent days, while employers ha

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