Garment workers block city road

Workers of a ready-made garment (RMG) factory demonstrated in Tejgaon area in the city demanding their due wages on Monday, disrupting traffic movement on Mohakhali-Tejgaon road for an hour. Md Salahuddin, officer in-charge of Tejgaon Industrial Zone Police Station said the workers of ‘All Weather Garments’, an RMG unit situated in Tejgaon, staged protest at the factory around 90:30am and later took to the street demanding their outstanding wages. They blocked the busy road halting traffic. On information, police rushed in and fired teargas shells and rubber bullets to disperse the RMG workers, according to UNB.