Garment workers in Gazipur’s Kaliakair blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway on November 14 after a rumour that a worker injured in an earlier police clash had died.
Traffic halted on both sides before police, Border Guard Bangladesh and other law enforcers cleared the road.
Gazipur Industrial Police-2 said wage increases were the main demand and workers from seven to eight factories joined.Garment workers in Gazipur’s Kaliakair blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway on November 14 after a rumour that a worker injured in an earlier police clash had died.
Traffic halted on both sides before police, Border Guard Bangladesh and other law enforcers cleared the road.
Gazipur Industrial Police-2 said wage increases were the main demand and workers from seven to eight factories joined.
Bangladesh RMG workers block highway over death rumour
