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Supporters of BNP and others on Wednesday morning (12th November 2025) blocked the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for around one and a half hours in Tongi College Gate area demanding restoration of the Gazipur-6 parliamentary seat. Hundreds of vehicles remained stuck on both sides of the busy route, causing suffering of commuters, transport workers and others. BNP men and locals put the barricade around 9:30am, disrupting commuters and public transport. Witnesses said that hundreds of BNP men and others gathered on the highway early morning, carrying banners and placards, and chanted slogans demanding, ‘Gazipur-6 seat must be restored.’ The blockade started around 9:30am and continued till 11am. Rejecting the court order, local BNP leaders said the court’s decision to cancel this seat deprives the people of their voting rights. During the blockade, protesters burned tires on the highway, further intensifying the traffic jam on the route. Road blockades cause severe traffic congestion in Dhaka Meanwhile, supporters of Jamaat and locals formed a human chain in front of Asia Pump on the same demand at the same time. Their banners read, “Restore Gazipur-6 seat, ensure citizens’ fair service.” Speakers warned that abolishing the seat would hamper public services and development in the area and urged authorities to reconsider the decision. Additional forces were deployed in Tongi College Gate, Station Road, and surrounding areas to maintain law and order. Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Wahiduzzaman of Tongi Purbo Police Station said that the protestors left the road following a discussion with the authorities concerned, allowing the traffic to run. Read more: Tarique Rahman likely to return home by end of November: Salahuddin

The students of Rover Polly Degree College on Saturday blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Mastarbari in Gazipur district protesting the ‘killing of a fellow pushing off a bus by some transport workers’. Mehedi Hasan, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the students of the college took to the streets around 10:30 am, disrupting vehicular movement. Siam, a student of the college, died after falling off a bus of ‘Takwa Paribahan’ on Thursday night. Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway blocked over RMG worker's death in Gazipur The students alleged that Siam was pushed off the bus following a dispute over half fare. Meanwhile, the vehicular movement returned to normal nearly after two hours of suspension following assurance from the local administration.      

Two people, including a poultry farmer, were killed in a collision between a pickup van and an unidentified vehicle on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur Sadar upazila early Friday, said police. The deceased were poultry farmer Ziarul Islam, 40, and his assistant Raju Mia, 35. Details about them could not be known. Salna Highway police station’s Sub-Inspector Habibur Rahman said the duo went to Dhaka to deliver chicken by the pickup van driven by Ziaurl early Friday. An unidentified vehicle crashed into the pickup van from the opposite direction on its way to Gazipur in Hotapara area in the early morning, he said. 2 killed, 21 injured in Bogura road accident The accident left the two dead on the spot, the police official said, adding that the bodies were sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital for autopsy. Legal action in this regard was underway, he added.

Workers of a readymade garment (RMG) factory blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for one and a half hours demanding to extend their vacation by two days on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday. The protest caused severe traffic tailback on the both ends of the highway, causing suffering to commuters. Locals said workers of Utah Knitting & Dyeing Ltd in Gazipur’s Hotapara took to the highway and put a barricade to press home their demand in the morning. The blockade enforced by the workers continued till 9:30am beginning at 8am. Earlier, the factory authorities announced a 10-day holiday for the workers marking the Eid, but they rejected it demanding to extend it by two days. Unfit launches won't be allowed on Chandpur-Dhaka route: DC At one stage, the workers staged demonstration and later took to the highway disrupting traffic movement. Joydebpur police station’s officer-in-charge Abdul Halim said normalcy returned to the highway after workers left when the factory authority accepted their demand.

Workers of a readymade garment factory on Friday morning blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur to press home their 14-point demand, including Eid and production bonus. Vehicular movement on the highway remained suspended for one and half hours till 11:30am, causing suffering of commuters. Police and locals said workers of SMUG Sweater Ltd in Telipara area started demonstrations inside the factory around 8am. Spinning mill workers block highway in Gazipur over unpaid wages At one stage at 10am, the protesting workers took to the highway, halting vehicular movement, they said. The workers alleged that despite years of service, around 1,200 employees of the factory have not received their overtime pay, night shift allowances, maternity leave benefits, or annual bonuses. They also claimed that their production rate payments were inconsistent, forcing them to go for movement. Workers block highways over unpaid wages, assault protest in Gazipur The demands include payment of Eid bonuses, overtime dues, and the resignation of the general manager of the factory. AKM Zahirul Islam, superintendent of police for Gazipur Industrial Zone-2, said workers staged demonstrations and blocked the highway over their demands, including the Eid bonus. Gazipur Metropolitan Police and industrial police removed the workers from the highway around 11:30am, resuming operation of vehicles, he added.

Garment workers in Gazipur blocked key highways on Tuesday over unpaid wages and protesting the assault of a fellow worker. The workers staged demonstrations on the Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways causing severe traffic congestion and disrupting daily commutes. Spinning mill workers block highway in Gazipur over unpaid wages Law enforcement agencies, including the army, intervened to restore order. Tongi East Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Faridul Islam said efforts were underway to remove the protesters and restore normalcy. The unrest began in Tongi’s Hossain Market area, where workers of BSIS Apparels garment factory took to the streets, demanding a month’s unpaid wages. Their protest escalated into a highway blockade, leading to widespread traffic disruption. Commuters faced immense difficulties as the demonstration brought traffic to a standstill. Upon receiving reports of the protest, law enforcement officials arrived at the scene and attempted to negotiate with the workers. In a separate incident in Mouchak, Kaliakair upazila, garment workers staged a protest after one of their colleagues was assaulted at a factory. In response, they blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway, leading to further congestion. Police and other security personnel reached the area to bring the situation under control. Keya Group workers stage protest over dues, layoffs in Gazipur Fearing an escalation of unrest, authorities declared several garment factories in Itahata and Islampur areas closed for the day. Additionally, multiple chaotic incidents were reported across different garment factories, leading to at least five factory closures.

Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Tuesday blocked the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for three hours protesting the killing of one of their fellows allegedly by bus workers on Monday. The protest continued till 11am starting 8 am on the highway in Gargaria Master Bari area under Sreepur upazila of Gazipur, witnesses said. The commuters were the worst suffers due to the blockade as vehicular movement came to a halt on both sides of the highway. Sources said a looking glass of a Taqwa Paribahan bus broke when it hit an auto-rickshaw from behind in the Gargaria Master Bari area on Monday afternoon, leading to an argument between the bus helpers and the auto-rickshaw driver. ‘Worker’s death’ sparks protest in Gazipur; vehicles torched At one stage, the bus helpers took away the driver in their bus and left his body in Natun Bazar area allegedly after killing him. Officer-in-Charge of Sreepur police station Joynal Abedin Mandol said the auto-rickshaw driver died after he was thrown off from the moving bus. A murder case was filed with the police station in this regard, he said, adding that drives were underway to arrest those involved in the killing.

Workers of TNZ garment factory have withdrawn their blockade on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway after the authorities assured them of paying their overdue wages by November 30. The decision to lift the blockade was taken at 10:30pm on Monday after a tripartite meeting among factory owners, worker representatives and Secretary to the Ministry of Labour AHM Safiquzzaman, said Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ershad Mia on Tuesday morning. The meeting decided to pay the first installment of the workers' outstanding wages by Sunday next, with the remaining amount to be settled by November 30. The government will provide a total of Tk 16 crore as a loan to TNZ Apparels. Of this amount, Tk 6 crore will come from the central fund and will be used to pay the first installment of wages. Read more: RMG workers block Dhaka-M’sing highway demand dues The remaining Tk 10 crore will be provided by the Ministry of Finance, which will cover the remaining dues. The factory owners will later repay this amount to the government. Moreover, the workers will be paid regular salary from the factory’s own income from December. After the meeting, the workers accepted the decision and withdrew the blockade allowing traffic to resturn to normal.

Three students were injured when a private car hit them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway near Dhaka’s Airport Road on Sunday. The accident occurred near the third terminal of Shahjalal International Airport, said Mustafizur Rahman, inspector (Investigation) of the Airport Police Station. The identities of the injured students have not yet been confirmed. One dead, 15 injured in Dinajpur bus accident Local residents rushed them to a nearby hospital. Upon receiving the information, police seized the private car and arrested the driver. The footage of the incident went viral on social media, showing a white private car ploughing through a group of students in front of the third terminal.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) say they caught a central leader of BNP’s student wing, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), "red-handed" when he was about to set a bus on fire on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Abdullahpur area this morning (November 13, 2023). The detainee, Mamun Majumdar, is an assistant organising secretary of JCD's central executive body. Md Parvez Rana, senior assistant superintendent of police (ASP) at RAB-1, told journalists that RAB personnel in plainclothes took position in Abdullahpur this morning after being tipped off that some miscreants would obstruct vehicles and set them on fire. Read: Crude bombs hurled at police vehicle in Dhaka's Uttara, JCD activist arrested Members of the elite force caught the JCD leader when he was trying to set a bus of Projapati Paribahan on fire, the RAB official said. “The JCD leader admitted that they have activists positioned in several Dhaka areas to carry out subversive activities with the aim of destabilising the country,” said ASP Rana. JCD men, who aspire to land higher posts in the next committee, are determined to carry out destructive acts, the RAB official said, quoting the detained JCD leader. Read more: JCD leader dies, 3 hurt in Chandpur road crash