The country’s major industrial hub, Gazipur, witnessed a daylong workers’ protest in various parts of the districts, which resulted in a halt in traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways.
According to the Industrial Police and stakeholders, the workers of several factories took to the streets to demand multiple demands, including payment of arrears, overtime, and Eid bonuses, and protested the incident of worker assaults.