Earlier in the day, hundreds of workers took to the streets in different parts of Dhaka over back pay defying the lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. It came around three weeks after the government announced a Tk 50 billion bailout package for the exporting sectors, mostly readymade garment factories, to pay the workers. The 1,186 factories that have paid the workers mostly include the large ones. BGMEA claimed its members have paid more than 1.9 million workers, which is 78 percent of the over 2.4 million. BGMEA President Rubana Huq said 80 percent of the workers would get wages by Apr 16, and the rest by Apr 20 or ”some days later”.

Source: bd News24 April 15, 2020 18:45 UTC