Workers of a few garment factories in Gazipur demonstrated for arrears and a hike in their allowance on Saturday.
Published : 16 Nov 2013, 01:32 PM
Police used baton-charges and lobbed tear-gas canisters to disperse them.
Witnesses said at least 40 people were injured in the clashes at Gazipur's Najor and Konabari areas.
Workers of 'DotCom Sweaters' at Naojor area started to damage the factory in the morning after not getting paid their October salary due on Thursday.
The factory's production manager Emdad Hossain said that the police intervened to bring the situation under control.
He said that the factory has been closed temporarily.
Md Jahid, a worker of the factory told bdnews24.com that the workers got agitated after finding a closure notice on Saturday.
The demonstration started around 9am.