Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Tea workers in Srimangal staged a mass protest on Thursday, demanding the immediate implementation of a Tk 500 daily wage and free, fair elections to the Bangladesh Tea Workers Union, alleging interference by the Department of Labour.

More than a hundred workers from Tiprachara Tea Garden participated in the demonstration organised by general tea workers and student activists with the support of the Bangladesh Tea Workers Union Reform Committee in front of the garden's dance hall in Srimangal upazila.

The protesters chanted slogans demanding the implementation of the Tk 500 daily wage, which they said had been raised in the National Parliament, and called for amendments to the union constitution to ensure transpar...