Highway blocked protesting move to turn BJMC holding co

Workers of 7 jute mills in Khulna blocked Khulna-Jessore Highway on Tuesday morning protesting the government move to transform Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) into a holding company. The jute mills include Platinum Jute Mills, Crescent Jute Mills, Star Jute Mills, Jessore Jute Mills, Jute Mills and Industry and Industry, People’s Jute Mills and Appeal Jute Mills. Witnesses said workers of the 7 jute mills took to the street of Khulna city around 10:00am and staged demonstration blocking the busy highway till 12.00pm. All activities at the mills remained stopped during the demonstration. Earlier on Sunday, workers of the private jute mills blocked the same highway at three different points for three hours in the morning, demanding reopening of the closed jute mills and payment of their dues, according to UNB.