Workers and staffers along with their children staged sit-ins at the entrances of their respective workplaces in Khulna and Jashore for two hours from 9am on Monday. The protests will resume at the same time on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Khalilur Rahman, a worker of Platinum Jute Mill in Khulna. It came a day after the government announced plans to send about 25,000 workers of loss-making jute mills into early retirement under a programme known as golden handshake. Among the 26 jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation, Monowar Jute Mill has already been shut down. While some of the private jute mills are turning profits, those under the BJMC have been incurring losses for years, which many have blamed on mismanagement, irregularities and corruption.

Source: bd News24 June 29, 2020 09:55 UTC