Beximco workers block highway again for due October salaries | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Tuesday
June 10, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025
Beximco workers block highway again for due October salaries

Bangladesh

TBS Report
17 November, 2024, 12:30 pm
Last modified: 17 November, 2024, 11:09 pm

Related News

  • Mini truck stolen from Gazipur recovered in Sirajganj after 5 hours, 2 arrested
  • Murder case filed against Hasina, 34 others in Gazipur
  • Over 100 RMG workers fall ill after 'drinking water' at Gazipur factory
  • Tk2 lakh, 10 bhori gold robbed from additional DIG's paternal home in Gazipur
  • Case filed over petrol bomb explosions at Gazipur resort

Beximco workers block highway again for due October salaries

The blockade put vehicular movement on a complete halt, causing significant traffic congestion on both sides of the highway

TBS Report
17 November, 2024, 12:30 pm
Last modified: 17 November, 2024, 11:09 pm
Beximco Industrial Park workers blocked vehicular movement in the Chandra-Nabinagar highway in Gazipur today, 17 November, 2024. Photos: TBS
Beximco Industrial Park workers blocked vehicular movement in the Chandra-Nabinagar highway in Gazipur today, 17 November, 2024. Photos: TBS

Workers of Beximco Industrial Park in Gazipur once again blocked the Chandra-Nabinagar Highway today (17 November), demanding their due October salaries. 

Meanwhile, speaking to journalists at the Bangladesh Secretariat, Labour and Employment Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman said the ongoing labour unrest at Beximco would be resolved once an administrator assumes full control, adds UNB. 

"We will soon appoint an administrator for Beximco," he said, adding that the company has a monthly salary and allowance obligation of Tk82 crore. 

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

The secretary revealed that several advisers held a meeting on Sunday at the office of the chief adviser to address the issue, and he had received directives from there.

Shafiquzzaman mentioned that he, along with the finance and commerce advisers, would convene another meeting to find a resolution. 

He also said he had discussed the matter with the Bangladesh Bank governor on Saturday, during which assurances were given that the situation would improve once an administrator took charge.

An executive director of Bangladesh Bank has already been appointed as the administrator, he noted, adding, "The problem will be addressed once the takeover is complete." 

As of 4pm, the blockade remained in place, bringing traffic to a complete halt and causing significant traffic congestion on both sides of the highway. 

Despite intervention by the Industrial Police and local authorities, the protesting workers refused to leave the highway until their salaries were paid. 

"The workers started blocking the road at 9am today (Sunday). We are trying to convince them to clear the road," said Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of Kashimpur Police Station. 

Azizul, one of the protesting workers, said, "For months now, we've had to protest for our wages. If we were paid on time, there would be no need for this. Let them pay us, and we'll get back to work." 

Beximco Industrial Park, owned by former Awami League MP Salman F Rahman, houses multiple factories, including garment manufacturing units, and employs nearly 40,000 workers, staff, and officials. 

According to police and workers, salaries at the industrial park were typically paid between the 7th and 10th of each month. However, delays began following Salman's arrest after the ousting of the Awami League government and the freezing of his bank accounts. 

The protests initially began on Thursday and escalated into a ten-hour highway blockade on November 16. 

Md Sarwar Alam, Superintendent of Gazipur Industrial Police-2, said on Sunday that Beximco authorities have pledged to pay October's salaries by the end of the day. 

Labour and Employment Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman added that while Beximco Pharmaceuticals remains profitable, the company's textile division is facing financial distress. 

Addressing the unrest, he mentioned that the Bangladesh Army and Industrial Police are working to restore calm. "We will address the situation collaboratively," he said. 

He further emphasized the government's strict stance against instigators of unrest, disclosing that 128 individuals, including both owners and workers, have been arrested. "We are taking tough steps and decisive action," he affirmed. 

Shafiquzzaman acknowledged that while many of the workers' demands are logical, some are irrational. He alleged that a third party is working to destabilize the labour sector. 

He also mentioned that a new labour law, aligned with international standards, is being drafted and is expected to be finalized by March next year.

Top News

Beximco Industrial Park / Gazipur / blocked / workers

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Faiz Ahmad Tayeb. Photo: BSS
    Import duty on raw materials for e-bikes, lithium batteries reduced from 80% to 1% in some cases: Faiz Taiyeb
  • Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who departed Israel by plane on Tuesday after being detained aboard the Gaza-bound British-flagged yacht "Madleen" after Israeli forces boarded the charity vessel as it attempted to reach the Gaza Strip in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade, talks to journalists surrounded by French police as she arrives at a terminal at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, in Roissy-en-France near Paris, France, June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
    Greta Thunberg says she was kidnapped by Israel in international waters
  • Right-wing Knesset members Itamar Ben-Gvir (Left) and Bezalel Smotrich, Jerusalem, September 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool
    UK sanctions Israeli far-right ministers over Gaza comments

MOST VIEWED

  • On left, Abdullah Hil Rakib, former senior vice president (SVP) of BGMEA and additional managing director of Team Group; on right, Captain Md Saifuzzaman (Guddu), a Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilot for Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Photos: Collected
    Ex-BGMEA SVP Abdullah Hil Rakib, Biman 787 pilot Saifuzzaman drown in boating accident in Canada
  • File photo of Eid holidaymakers returning to the capital from their country homes/Rajib Dhar
    Dhaka: The city we never want to return to, but always do
  • Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus leaves for a four-day visit to the United Kingdom from the Dhaka airport on 9 June 2025. Photo: CA Press Wing
    CA Yunus leaves for UK; discussion expected on renewable energy investment, laundered money
  • File Photo: Collected
    Enhanced surveillance at Ctg airport amid rising global Covid-19 cases
  • Inside the aid ship stormed by Israeli forces on 9 June 2025. Photo: BBC
    Israeli forces stormed aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg bound for Gaza: Freedom Flotilla Coalition
  • Photos: Collected
    Abdul Hamid wasn't arrested because he's not wanted right now: Home adviser

Related News

  • Mini truck stolen from Gazipur recovered in Sirajganj after 5 hours, 2 arrested
  • Murder case filed against Hasina, 34 others in Gazipur
  • Over 100 RMG workers fall ill after 'drinking water' at Gazipur factory
  • Tk2 lakh, 10 bhori gold robbed from additional DIG's paternal home in Gazipur
  • Case filed over petrol bomb explosions at Gazipur resort

Features

Illustration: Duniya Jahan/ TBS

Forget Katy Perry, here’s Bangladesh’s Ruthba Yasmin shooting for the moon

2h | Features
File photo of Eid holidaymakers returning to the capital from their country homes/Rajib Dhar

Dhaka: The city we never want to return to, but always do

1d | Features
Photo collage shows political posters in Bagerhat. Photos: Jannatul Naym Pieal

From Sheikh Dynasty to sibling rivalry: Bagerhat signals a turning tide in local politics

3d | Bangladesh
Illustration: TBS

Unbearable weight of the white coat: The mental health crisis in our medical colleges

6d | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

Greta Thunberg deported from Israel

Greta Thunberg deported from Israel

4h | TBS World
BNP is not a revolutionary party: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP is not a revolutionary party: Mirza Fakhrul

5h | TBS Today
News of The Day, 10 JUNE 2025

News of The Day, 10 JUNE 2025

2h | TBS News of the day
Trump sends 2,000 more National Guard and 700 Marines to Los Angeles

Trump sends 2,000 more National Guard and 700 Marines to Los Angeles

5h | TBS World
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net