Transport movement of Dhaka-Aricha highway was disrupted for an hour after workers of multiple garment factories blocked a single lane of the highway demanding unpaid wages.

Amid continued demonstrations by garment workers over alleged disparity in their new wage structure, the government yesterday assured the workers of addressing the discrimination within a month.

For the third straight day, labour unrest in Bangladesh’s apparel industry pursued throughout Dhaka and Savar with clashes and police action being reported from multiple locations.

Police dispelled a demonstration of garments workers over the new wage structure in Dhaka’s outskirts Savar this morning.