Garment factory workers once again staged a protest by blocking the Nabinagar-Chandra Highway in Ashulia on Thursday morning, causing serious traffic congestion over a 3-kilometre stretch of the busy road. Officials and police said the workers of GAB Ltd under the Shahriar Garments section took to the streets, demanding the removal of a senior official. This protest comes just days after a previous demonstration where the workers had raised multiple demands, which the factory authorities initially agreed to meet. Unrest flares up at 10 factories in Gazipur; Dhaka-Mymensingh highway blocked However, tensions flared again as the workers accused the factory management of reneging on their promises.  

A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee who suffered burns after coming in contact with a high-voltage electric wire in Ashulia succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday.