Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- The Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) has been a symbol of Bangladesh's industrial development and has driven the country's economy forward for four decades.
Yet today, that same CEPZ is facing a terrible humanitarian and industrial disaster.
In the last 10 months, 16 factories there have been closed down. Nearly 60,000 workers have been rendered jobless.
According to media reports, the latest and biggest victims of this disaster are seven companies of the Pacific Jeans Group.
The clashes in the CEPZ suddenly closed these seven companies and left 35,000 workers unemployed. Earlier, a terrible fire in an seven-story building in CEPZ left nearly 3,000 workers unemployed.
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