Garment workers block a highway and stage a protest in the Naojor area of Gazipur city. The demonstration began in the Chandra Palli Bidyut area of Kaliakair upazila, Gazipur around 9:30 am on 3 November 2026.
Garment workers block a highway and stage a protest in the Naojor area of Gazipur city. The demonstration began in the Chandra Palli Bidyut area of Kaliakair upazila, Gazipur around 9:30 am on 3 November 2026.
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Garment workers block Dhaka–Tangail highway in Gazipur; 12 factories declare holiday

CorrespondentGazipur

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 various key points along the highway from this morning.

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However, the situation began to change before 9:00 am, as garment workers started taking to the streets. At one point, they blocked the Dhaka–Tangail highway.

For the past few days, workers have been staging protests in various areas, including Chandra, Palli Bidyut, Mouchak, Safipur and Konabari in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur. In connection with these incidents, police have filed three cases at Konabari, Basan and Kaliakair police stations.

Several thousand workers have been named as accused in the cases. In addition, law enforcement agencies have arrested several people on allegations of participating in and instigating the protests.

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