SAVAR, DHAKA: Workers of Readymade Garment factories in Ashulia area joined their work from Thursday morning after couple of days’ protest demanding salary hike.

No violent incident was reported as production is underway peacefully in garment units of Baipail, Jamgora, Shimultola, Norsinhapur, Ghosbagh, Jirabo and Katgora areas in the industrial hub of the country.

Regarding the matter, Ashulia industrial police-1 director Mostafizur Rahman told banglanews that several meetings were held among owners of garment units, workers and government on the issue of minimum wage of the sector. Normalcy returned to the area as per assurance of announcement of minimum wage soon.

But additional police have remained deployed and water cannon and armored vehicles are patrolling in the area to avert any untoward situation, he added.

BDST: 1351 HRS, NOV 21, 2013
RS/BSK- eic@banglanews24.com