News / Garment factories set on fire as Bangladesh workers demand 'living wage'

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Demonstrations by garment workers in Bangladesh have forced stoppages at more than 400 factories as they seek a wage hike to combat nearly double-digit inflation.

Today, the government sent in the para-military Border Guard Bangladesh to disperse angry staff who had set fire to factories, and there are reports of two workers having died as the labour unrest spreads across industrial zones in Dhaka and adjoining areas.

For more than a week, workers in garment districts in Ashulia and Gazipur have been ...