Workers blockade Nabinagar-Chandra highway

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UNB, Savar :

Vehicular movement on Nabinagar-Chandra highway remained suspended since Monday morning as workers of a garment factory staged demonstration by blocking roads for arrears in Ashulia of Savar.

Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station, said the workers of Birds Garment Ltd in Ashulia area took to the street on Monday morning demanding payment of their dues.

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The production of the Birds Garment Factory remained suspended for an indefinite period, forcing the workers to stage demonstration.

Besides, people who are using the highway have been experiencing a heavy traffic jam caused by the road blockade which spread to Nabinagar on Dhaka-Aricha highway and different places in Bypile and Abdullahpur areas.

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