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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 ...

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