The garment workers of a factory at Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) yesterday staged demonstration protesting a sudden shut down notice of their factory.
The Atlantic Garments authorities yesterday hung a notice on the factory gate, stating that the factory would be laid off from September 1, 2014.
Around 350 workers of the factory staged a demonstration on the factory premises and abstained from work for an hour protesting the decision.
Upon receiving information, police rushed to the spot and dispersed the protesters while a meeting was going on between the agitating workers and the BEPZ authorities to come to a solution.
Deputy Assistant Director Arifur Rahman of Chittagong industrial police said the factory authorities made the lay-off decision as they were failing to get any work order.
Our Gazipur correspondent said a group of miscreants had attacked a garments factory and injured two officials in the Kewa area of Sreepur municipality in Gazipur on Wednesday night.
Sources said around 25 unidentified miscreants entered the SIJI Garments Company Limited with iron rods, sticks and firearms around 9pm on Wednesday when the officials of the factory were preparing to leave the workplace after closing it.
The miscreants beat Assistant General Manager of the factory Abdur Razzak Liton and Time Keeper Sohel Rana who sustained serious injuries. The attackers also looted Tk20,000 and a bank check from them.
When local people came to the spot hearing the officials screaming, the miscreants left the spot quickly.
Aftab Uddin Ahmed, human resource and administration officer of the factory, said the two injured were sent to Sreepur Upazila Health Complex for treatment. He also suspected that some employees of the factory might be involved in the attack as the authority recently took some measures to prevent corruption and irregularities in several sections of the factory.
Officer-in-Charge of Sreepur model police station Mohsin-ul-Kadir said they were investigating the incident.