Workers of a garment factory blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Barabari in Gazipur on Sunday during a demonstration to press for their 12-point demand, reports UNB.
The demands include raising minimum monthly salary to Tk8,000 and stopping retrenchment of workers.
Witnesses said abstaining from works, hundreds of garment workers of Parksin Garment factory took to the street at 8am and staged demonstration blocking the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway.
Vehicular movement on the highway remained suspended for an hour during the blockade.
On information, police rushed in and brought the situation under control charging the demonstrators with truncheon at about 10am.
Later, the authorities declared the factory closed to avert any further trouble.
