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RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for over 9 hours
The blockade resumed at 8:00am today, after workers blocked the highway for over seven hours last evening
A welcome decision to resolve RMG unrest
Cooperative efforts, sound leadership vital going ahead
Bring back normalcy in the RMG sector
Understand and act to calm the frustrations in industrial belts.
RMG workers block Banani-Airport road for 2 hours protesting factory closure
Several hundred garment workers blocked Banani-Airport Road for over two hours this morning protesting the closure of their factory without any prior notice
The price we pay with each deleted word
With each new term of the ruling regime, and each new provision or law, we have learnt a bit more of self-censorship.
Demand for Tk 70cr arrears: Garment workers stage sit-in before Srama Bhaban
Nearly 1,000 workers of Dird Composite Textiles Ltd staged a sit-in in front of the Department for Inspection of Factories and Establishments (Dife) and the Department of Labour (DoL) yesterday, demanding arrears amounting to nearly Tk 70 crore.
US condemns violence against RMG workers in Bangladesh
The United States yesterday condemned "the recent violence against workers" in Bangladesh protesting the minimum wage, as well as the criminalisation of legitimate trade union and workers' activities
2 policemen injured as RMG workers and cops clash in Gazipur
Two police officials were injured during a clash between garment workers and police in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila today
3 suffer shotgun pellet wounds as RMG workers clash with cops in Ashulia
Police fire rubber bullets, pellets and tear gas shells
RMG workers’ demo: Police use tear gas shells, water cannons to disperse protesters
Police fired tear gas shells and used water cannons in Ashulia this morning to disperse garment workers after they blocked roads demanding an increase in wages
1,000 workers of Dhamrai garment factory protest indefinite closure
Workers of a garment factory in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today held a sit-in in front of the establishment to protest its closure for an indefinite period.
1,000 workers of Dhamrai garment factory protest indefinite closure
Workers of a garment factory in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today held a sit-in in front of the establishment to protest its closure for an indefinite period.
Pay disparity: RMG workers freed Adabor Ring Road after 4hrs
The garment workers, who blocked the Ring Road in Dhaka’s Adabor area, withdraw their agitation prgramme after four hours following assurance from the factory owner that their demands would be met.
RMG workers still fearful of dismissal; security heightened in Ashulia
Amid deployment of a large number of law enforcers following eight days of unrest in the RMG sector, workers, in larger numbers than yesterday, are seen filing into work in Ashulia.
Cops probing instigators behind RMG unrest
Urging the readymade garment workers to go back to work, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Dhaka Sha Migan Shafiur Rahman says police are investigating people who are acting as instigators of the unrest in the sector.
BGMEA threatens to shut factories if workers don't return to work by tomorrow
All garment factories in the country will be kept shut for an indefinite period if the protesting workers do not return to their workplaces by tomorrow, the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) says at an emergency press briefing in Dhaka.
Garment workers vandalise factories in Mirpur
Readymade garment workers vandalise several factories in Mirpur area of Dhaka and block many roads to protest against the disparity in their new wage structure.
RMG workers block road, vandalise 20 vehicles in Ashulia
Ready-made garment workers vandalise 20 vehicles on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, while staging demonstration in protest against the disparity in their new wage structure.
RMG Workers' Wage: Disparity evident
For the fifth consecutive day, Bangladesh’s garments workers are pursuing protests over “disparity” in their new wage structure.