India, Nov. 3 -- The Bangladesh Government on Tuesday accused deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina of fuelling labour unrest as violent garment workers' protests over higher wages entered the fourth day, forcing hundreds of factories to suspend operations and prompting authorities to deploy additional paramilitary forces.

According to the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), fresh violence forced another 300 factories to shut down, taking the number of affected units to nearly 1,000 since the latest wave of protests began on October 31. The unrest has spread across Dhaka and its industrial outskirts, including Gazipur, Ashulia, Mirpur and Narayanganj, and Mymensingh district, with workers clashing with pol...