Desk Report:
Amidst ongoing protests and labor unrest among garment workers, leaders of the ready-made garment (RMG) industry have held a meeting with Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed. The meeting took place on Monday morning (November 2) at the Secretariat.
Attendees at the meeting included the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Education and Primary & Mass Education, Mahdi Amin; the Minister of Labour and Employment, Ariful Haque Chowdhury; and various leaders from the RMG sector. Senior police officials, including Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, were also present.
Meanwhile, garment workers in various parts of Gazipur have blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway to demand wage increases, causing significant disruption to road connectivity and traffic flow in the area.
Additional police personnel have been deployed to the scene to manage the situation arising from the protests and to maintain law and order. Furthermore, 10 platoons of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to bolster security.
