Garments workers in Gazipur blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in protest of their unpaid salaries for the month of April.
Around 9:00 am, workers at Khan Para under Tongi West Police Station gathered on the roadway, causing traffic to stop, according to witnesses.
Traffic on the roads began to flow slowly about 11:30 a.m. while police bargained with the demonstrators to clear the route.
According to Additional Superintendent Mosharraf Hossain of the Gazipur Industrial Police, some 500 employees of Mifkif Apparels Ltd set up shop on the road.
