Jute mill workers staged a demonstration to press home a 14-point set of demands, including reopening of the 25 state-owned jute mills, in the city's Khalishpur area on Monday.

BNP on Monday alleged that the government is deceiving the workers of 25 laid-off state-owned jute mills by not paying their dues.

Temporary teachers and employees of schools under jute mills are staring at a bleak future after the government decided to shut state-owned jute mills in Khulna region.

The government has decided to shut down production of 25 state-run jute mills under Bangladesh Jute Mill Corporation (BJMC) by providing cent percent dues of some 25,000 workers of the mills.

State-owned jute mill workers in Khulna returned to factories on Saturday after five days of continuous protests halting protest that cost the government millions of taka.