INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Bangladeshi woman was shot dead on Wednesday after police in Dhaka opened fire during a protest held by garment workers demanding a wage
Anjuara Khatun, a 26-year-old machine operator at Islam Garments in Gazipur, was on her way home after the factory closed suddenly as a
large group of protesters gathered nearby.Her husband told reporters he heard gunshots when police opened fire on about 400 workers and then
She is the third garment worker to be killed in the past two weeks, with hundreds of others badly injured, during clashes that have broken
out in key production hubs in the capital, Dhaka, including Ashulia, Gazipur and Savar.Three dead as police clash with garment workers in
and Imran Hossain, 32, who died from critical injuries inside ABM Fashions, after it was set on fire.The minimum-wage-setting process for
are asking for.As news of the revised wage spread, protests around the capital turned more violent
Thousands of workers blocked a main road while police used teargas and rubber bullets to break up the crowds
meets the needs of workers and their families
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
