DHAKA: Striking garment workers clashed with police near Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Saturday as factories reopened in defiance of a protest campaign demanding a near-tripling of wages.

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES Riot police fire tear gas to disperse protesting garment workers, who are demanding a substantial wage increase, in the town of Ashulia, near Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. AFP PHOTO
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES Riot police fire tear gas to disperse protesting garment workers, who are demanding a substantial wage increase, in the town of Ashulia, near Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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