Bangladesh Strike
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Bangladesh factories agree to pay rise, but protests go on
Bangladeshi garment factory owners said on Thursday they had agreed to a proposed 77 percent rise in the minimum wage, but police used teargas and rubber bullets to break up new protests by stone-throwing workers calling for a bigger increase.
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Violence flares amid Bangladesh nationwide strike
Protestors clashed with police in several towns across Bangladesh on Monday as the latest strike declared by the nation's largest Islamic party paralysed much of the country.
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Strike cripples Bangladesh as death toll rises to 80
Schools and businesses were shut on Monday across Bangladesh on the second day of a general strike called by Islamist protesters, as three more demonstrators died in the deadliest violence since independence.
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Bangladesh factories agree to pay rise, but protests go on
Bangladeshi garment factory owners said on Thursday they had agreed to a proposed 77 percent rise in the minimum wage, but police used teargas and rubber bullets to break up new protests by stone-throwing workers calling for a bigger increase.
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Violence flares amid Bangladesh nationwide strike
Protestors clashed with police in several towns across Bangladesh on Monday as the latest strike declared by the nation's largest Islamic party paralysed much of the country.
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Strike cripples Bangladesh as death toll rises to 80
Schools and businesses were shut on Monday across Bangladesh on the second day of a general strike called by Islamist protesters, as three more demonstrators died in the deadliest violence since independence.
