Apparel factory workers have blockaded the Dhaka-Sylhet highway and demonstrated for over two and a half hours pressing for various demands including payment of due wages.
Quoting eyewitnesses Rupganj Police Station's Officer-in-Charge Atikur Rahman Khan said that workers of Harvest Rich Garments factory at Rupganj took to the streets at Bhulta Aukhab area around 9am on Suday.
At one point, they vandalised the windowpanes of the factory building and seven to eight vehicles on the street, he said.
They withdrew from the street around 11:45am after the factory authorities assured to pay their dues within Monday.
The nearly two and a half hour stop in traffic has led to a large backlog on the highway, the police official added.
Anwar Hossain, a worker of the factory, said that their wages for two months were pending. Every month they receive payment not before 22nd-23rd, he added.
The workers became agitated when they came to the factory on Sunday and found that their wages were not yet ready. At one point, around 6,500 workers started demonstrating in the factory premises.
They vandalised the windows of the factory building and the adjacent branch of Rupali Bank. They later took to the streets and vandalised a number of vehicles, police said.
Sporadic chases and counter-chases took place between the workers and police when they tried to force the demonstrating workers out of the highway.
Director of Industrial Police's Adamjee unit (Battallion 4) Mahbub Alam told : "The owners have assured to pay the due wages within Monday after talks with the workers. The workers withdrew demonstration around midday."
Quoting eyewitnesses Rupganj Police Station's Officer-in-Charge Atikur Rahman Khan said that workers of Harvest Rich Garments factory at Rupganj took to the streets at Bhulta Aukhab area around 9am on Suday.
At one point, they vandalised the windowpanes of the factory building and seven to eight vehicles on the street, he said.
They withdrew from the street around 11:45am after the factory authorities assured to pay their dues within Monday.
The nearly two and a half hour stop in traffic has led to a large backlog on the highway, the police official added.
Anwar Hossain, a worker of the factory, said that their wages for two months were pending. Every month they receive payment not before 22nd-23rd, he added.
The workers became agitated when they came to the factory on Sunday and found that their wages were not yet ready. At one point, around 6,500 workers started demonstrating in the factory premises.
They vandalised the windows of the factory building and the adjacent branch of Rupali Bank. They later took to the streets and vandalised a number of vehicles, police said.
Sporadic chases and counter-chases took place between the workers and police when they tried to force the demonstrating workers out of the highway.
Director of Industrial Police's Adamjee unit (Battallion 4) Mahbub Alam told : "The owners have assured to pay the due wages within Monday after talks with the workers. The workers withdrew demonstration around midday."
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