The police dispersed ready-made garment workers in Dhaka’s Mirpur area on Thursday morning when they were staging demonstrations demanding an increase in their minimum wages.

Apparel workers took to the streets in front of the Purabi Cinema Hall in Pallabi around 8:00 am. They marched towards the Mirpur-12 bus stand area with a procession and returned to the same spot.

The police and the workers also chased each other in front of the Purabi Cinema Hall. The law enforcers lobbed tear gas shells and sound grenades to disperse the demonstrators.

Meanwhile, garment factory workers in Gazipur continued to protest on Thursday.

Around 8:30 am, the workers tried to block the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway with a procession, but industrial police and cops from Basan police station fired sound grenades and tear gas shells to disperse them.

Workers of TM Fashion Limited in the Bhogra Bypass area of Gazipur started the protest, and workers from nearby factories joined in.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul