Garment workers’ protests: At least 80 factories shut in Gazipur and Savar

Readymade garment workers staged protests in various areas of Savar and Gazipur, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Sunday, pressing several demands, including an increase in the minimum wage to Tk 30,000. Amid the unrest, preliminary information indicates that at least 80 factories across the two districts have declared holidays.The situation remained normal in the morning but began to deteriorate in…