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200 factories closed by low wages demo
Garment workers take to streets again to demand £65 a month

Over 40,000 Bangladeshi garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police again today.

The second day of a wages strike in the capital Dhaka saw dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed.

Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas as workers poured through the streets, building roadblocks with abandoned vehicles and logs.

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