Garment workers block Dhaka–Tangail highway in Gazipur; 12 factories declare holiday

Garment workers blocked the Dhaka–Tangail highway in the Naojor area of Gazipur from around 9:00 am today, Tuesday, demanding that the minimum wage be raised to Tk 30,000. Gazipur Industrial Police said 12 factories in the district have declared a holiday.To keep the situation under control, members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), industrial police and local police took up positions at…