Gazipur, Nov. 2 -- Hundreds of garment workers continued protests in different parts of Gazipur on Monday, a day after the government formed a wage board to review their minimum pay structure, as they pressed for a monthly minimum wage of Tk 30,000.

Gazipur Deputy Commissioner Md Nurul Karim Bhuiyan said workers from several factories in the Palli Bidyut and Mouchak areas blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway, bringing traffic to a halt.

After several rounds of confrontation between the protesters and law enforcement agencies the protesters were dispersed and traffic resumed around 10am, he said.

Meanwhile, workers from factories in the Naljani and Lakshmipura areas of Gazipur city also took to the streets in the morning and staged demonst...