Dhaka, Dec. 9 -- Workers of a garment factory staged a demonstration in front of PN Composite Ltd at Ambagh in Konabari, Gazipur on Tuesday, protesting the sudden closure of the factory.

"The authorities hung a closure notice on the main gate on Monday evening. When workers arrived for duty on Tuesday morning and saw the notice, they immediately began protesting," said Khandaker Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Konabari Police Station.

According to workers, the unrest began after an employee left the factory on December 7 for urgent personal reasons, reports UNB.

Upon his return, he engaged in a verbal altercation with several factory officials.

On Monday, a group of workers demonstrated, demanding the removal of some officials invol...