Police use teargas, water cannon as workers block highway near DEPZ for arrears

Police fired teargas canisters and used water cannon when workers of two closed factories of Dhaka Export Processing Zones (DEPZ) demonstrated and blocked Nabinagar-Chandra highway in front of the DEPZ demanding their dues. Around 7:30am, more than 600 workers of Liny Fashion Ltd and Liny Apparels Ltd blocked the highway and also vandalised several vehicles, reports our Savar