Two garment workers were killed and 50 others were injured in a fierce clash with lawmen in Kashimpur Industrial Zone of Gazipur on Monday.
The dead are Badsha Mia, 26, who hailed from Faridpur and worked in GMS Composite Knitting, and Ruma, 22, of the same factory.
The workers of the garment factory staged a demonstration and rampaged through the workplace demanding arrest of an official who allegedly assaulted a female worker.
Later, they staged another protest outside the factory and blocked the road.
At one stage of demonstration, the workers were locked into a clash with police as the lawmen tried to remove them from the street.
Nazrul Islam, inspector of Gazipur Industrial Police, said police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and charged baton at the workers to bring the situation under control.
The police action left at least 100 garment workers injured.
Of them, 25 received bullet wound and six of the wounded had been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and nine in Enam Medical College at Savar.
Of the critically injured, Badsha Mia succumbed to his injury at the Enam Medical College, said Zahidul Islam, director, public relations of the hospital.
Police recovered the body of Ruma while her co-workers were staging demonstration with it, said Saiful Islam, sub-inspector and in-charge of Chakarabarti police camp.
Konabari garment factory owners have decided to run factory based on the situation as there is no instruction from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Konarari zone.
There is no collective decision on running the factory amid labour unrest and factory owners at Konabari would take the decision based on the situation, said BGMEA Vice-President Shahidullah Azim.
The owners held a meeting to decide whether to run or keep the factory shut, but the meeting ended without any result.
Reaz Bin Mahmood, vice-president of apex apparel maker trade body, said the factory owners of Tongi, Gazipur, Ashulia, Savar and Konabari witnessed severe vandalism by the unruly workers.
Around 200 factories were closed on Monday because of labour unrest, added Reaz Bin Mahmood.