# Bangladesh garment workers protest for higher wages as hundreds of factories shut

https://mins.news/en/video/125132

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-11-02 08:24 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Kt7qyKIDo

> Thousands of garment workers took to the streets in Dhaka to demand better pay as inflation squeezed household budgets. The demonstrations led to clashes with police, the deployment of border guards and the temporary closure of more than 500 factories.

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