Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Workers from several garment factories in the capital's Mirpur area blocked the Mirpur-10 intersection on Sunday morning as they pressed for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000, bringing traffic to a standstill on several connecting roads.

Witnesses said several hundred workers gathered at the intersection in the morning and completely blocked it around 9:00am, halting vehicular movement on the roads connecting Mirpur-11 with Agargaon and Mirpur-2 with Mirpur-13.

A senior female officer of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Traffic Division said traffic remained suspended since around 9:00am due to the blockade.

The blockade was still continuing when this report was filed around 11:25am.

However, the officer, requesting ...