Local government administrator Yousuf Harun told the Associated Press news agency that they are working with a garment industry body to ensure the workers are paid.

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Bangladeshi officials say they are working to make sure the employees get paid, the Associated Press reported, even as worries mount inside the country that garment buyers will take their business elsewhere, potentially imperiling an industry that has been the country's biggest source of job growth in recent years.

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