Workers have walked out of 529 factories across the country's major industrial zones amid labour unrest, leaving nearly 987,000 workers absent from work.
The unrest has hit Gazipur, Mymensingh, Savar and Ashulia hardest, with further incidents reported in Mirpur under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) jurisdiction.
The figures, based on information available until 3:30pm on Sunday, cover 2,134 factories across five major industrial zones.
According to the data, 276 of the affected factories are in Gazipur and Mymensingh, 185 in Savar-Ashulia and Jirani, and 68 in the DMP area, all located in Mirpur.
No incidents of workers leaving factories or failing to report for duty were recorded in Narayanganj or Chittagong.
A breakdown of the figures shows that the Gazipur-Mymensingh industrial belt has 836 factories, of which 276 were affected by labour unrest. A total of 645,360 workers at these factories did not report for duty.
In Savar-Ashulia and Jirani, 185 of the 441 factories were affected, with 290,205 workers absent from work.
Of the 320 factories under the DMP jurisdiction, 68 in Mirpur were affected, with 51,625 workers failing to report for duty.
Meanwhile, the data covers 197 factories in Narayanganj and 340 in Chittagong, with no worker walkouts or absenteeism reported in either area.
The report lists 1,816 factories as operational across the five industrial zones, while 529 were reportedly shut due to labour unrest.
Gazipur and Mymensingh recorded the highest number of workers absent from work, followed by Savar-Ashulia and Jirani. Together, these two industrial belts accounted for the largest share of the unrest.