"If they don't return [to work], we will keep the factories shut," president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Siddiqur Rahman said at a press conference on Sunday as the labour unrest entered its second week.
There was acute labour unrest in the country during the early 1970s but that was also the era which created awakening among industrial workers about their rights under the labour laws.
Authorities are happy with investor interest in the privatisation of the Limassol port's commercial operations, an official said a day after the government received a total of 14 offers from 10 bidders who factored in labour unrest.
"I wonder if there is going to be some sort of chilling effect on cartoonists and satirists in general, kind of backing off from highly sensitive topics," said Jeremy Nell, a South African cartoonist whose work in various publications has poked fun at the ruling party and national ills such as corruption and labour unrest.
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