A garment worker was killed after Gazipur Industrial Police personnel allegedly shot him from close range as RMG workers and law enforcers clashed in Gazipur and Ashulia yesterday.
Small and medium-sized garment factories in Bangladesh are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their heads above water amid the rising cost of production and a fall in work orders from international clothing retailers and brands.
Dird Washing Limited has laid off around 300 workers owing to a lack of work orders, becoming the fourth unit of its parent Dird Group to have closed operations this year.