Garment workers stage demo demanding govt set wage

Workers of garment factories are demonstrating in Gazipur’s Konabari area, demanding a minimum wage of Tk12,500 set by the government.

Around seven hundred workers of a garment factory named Meigo Bangladesh Ltd in the Konabari area took to the street around 7:30 am to press home their six-point demand including payment of salary as per the government-announced wage structure.

Due to the demonstration, vehicular movement on Dhaka-Tangail highway came to a standstill. A long tailback was created on both sides of the Dhaka-Tangail highway following the demonstration.

Mohammad Ziaul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Konabari Police Station, confirmed the news.

Police are trying to remove them from the streets, the OC added.