Savar, Nov. 12 -- More than 150 garment factories in the industrial belt of Ashulia declared general holidays on Thursday following clashes between workers and police over a nine-point demand, including setting the minimum wage at Tk 30,000 and ending the blacklisting of workers.

At least 50 people were injured in the clashes, while workers from around 150 factories left their workplaces and joined demonstrations across different parts of the industrial area.

In the morning, workers of several garment factories, including Next Collection, Sterling Style, Setara and Yagi Bangladesh, affiliated with Ha-Meem Group in the Government Market area along the Baipail-Abdullahpur highway, stopped work and staged a walkout. The authorities subsequ...