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Why Are Bangladeshis Protesting?

November 16, 2023 15:39 IST

Members of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, a political party, marched to the nation's election commission, ahead of the election schedule declaration, in Dhaka, November 15, 2023.

Three days earlier, November 12, 2023, garment industry workers protested demanding a wage raise at Mirpur in Dhaka.

 

Protest against Election Commission

IMAGE: Members of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh try to remove police barricades during their protest. All photographs: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

 

IMAGE: Police personnel erect a barricade to stop the Islami Andolan Bangladesh's protest march.

 

IMAGE: Members of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh duroing their protest march.

 

Garment Workers Protest

IMAGE: Garment industry workers push a police barricade during their protest.
Britain's Guardian newspaper published a revealing report (external link) on the workers' agitation on Wednesday.

 

IMAGE: Garment workers try to stop vehicles at their protest, here and below.

 

 

IMAGE: Garment workers block a road.

 

IMAGE: Police disperse garment workers.

 

IMAGE: Garment workers during their protest.

 

IMAGE: Nargis Parvin, the wife of Jalal Uddin (40), a garment worker, mourns following her husband's death at the Dhaka medical college hospital after being shot during the protest.

 

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com

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