At least 16 people, including four police members, were wounded as workers of an RMG factory in Gazipur clashed with the law enforcement agency during a protest for their due wages on Wednesday. The protesters vandalised the factory and blocked the road near the factory, causing traffic gridlock on a major highway. In the face of the protest, the factory authorities shut down production for the day. Around 10:30am, the workers moved outside and blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway, where they kept protesting by burning tyres, witnesses said. Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune, the protesting workers said they had been asking the factory authorities for a the last few days to clear the due salaries and allowances around 2,000 workers.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 18, 2017 19:52 UTC