Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Ganatantrik Chhatra Jote, an alliance of multiple left-leaning student organisations, staged a protest rally on Wednesday demanding justice for garment worker Toufiq Hossain, who succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack during a movement by garment workers demanding wage hikes in Gazipur.

The protest was held in front of the Raju Sculpture at Dhaka University in the afternoon. During the programme, the protesters demanded an end to "police and ruling-party attacks and repression" against workers and called for setting the minimum monthly wage at Tk 30,000.

Leaders and activists of different levels of the alliance were present at the protest.

Calling on the authorities to accept workers' legitimate demands instead o...