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DHAKA: Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday shuttered 150 factories “indefinitely”, as police issued blanket charges against 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage, officers said. Violent protests demanding better pay erupted last month, with at least three workers killed and more than 70 factories ransacked or damaged since. Just a couple of day ago 15,000 …

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