Minara Begum stood outside Rouf Style Company in Bhogra, with a red-bordered scarf draped over her shoulders, a face mask pulled up against the dust of passing trucks and buses. In her palms, she held a photocopy of her national ID and a job application. She had heard the factory was hiring operators.

Workers of three garment factories block a road at Kamalapur in Dhaka and vandalise at least three buses while protesting the death of their colleague in a road accident.