RMG workers stage demo at Ashulia

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) agreed to reopen the garment factories in Ashulia from today (Friday), three days after it had announced to keep shut factories amid workers' agitation for re-fixing minimum wage.

Several hundred garment factories at Ashulia industrial belt, the outskirts of the capital, resumed production on Friday after three days of closure following protests over increase in wages and safety of the workers at the factories. The workers ...

ASHULIA, BANGLADESH (CBS) -- Bangladesh reopened more than 300 garment factories on Friday (May 17), ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people. A ...

Three suspected robbers were lynched by mob at Taiyebpur of Ashulia on the outskirt of the capital early Thursday. Local sources said that, the villagers were patrolling the village as they do other nights in view of increase of stealing and robbery ...

25 apparel units in Ashulia suspend production as workers bring out rally for pay hike Eleven teams will start inspecting garment factories in Dhaka on Saturday as part of the government's efforts to improve the occupational and health safety at the ...

Workers waiting to enter an RMG factory at Ashulia, as the units in the industrial belt reopened Friday. FE Photo FE Report Workers waiting to enter an RMG factory at Ashulia, as the units in the industrial belt reopened Friday. FE Photo Nearly ...

Garment workers put up barricade on the Baipail-Abdullahpur road in Ashulia of Savar upazila on Sunday morning following death of a fellow worker. The road blockade triggered a clash between the garment workers and police, which left 50 people, ...

Left-leaning political parties at a rally in Dhaka on Friday demanded an immediate implementation of trade unions in apparel factories and adequate steps to ensure the safety of workers at workplace. Democratic Left Alliance, a combine of seven ...

Angry workers in Ashulia, N'ganj, Kanchpur clash with cops: 100 injured: Vehicles vandalised Staff Reporter Angry garment workers continued violent protest in the different garment industrial belts including Savar and Narayanganj demanding capital ...