AP cites industrial police reporting about 100 factories closed in Ashulia. A local evening report on 4 November puts the number declaring holidays across Savar–Ashulia at more than 200; the figures cover different areas and reporting times.
Clashes and roadblocks were also reported in other industrial areas surrounding the capital. Police accounts concerning participants’ identities and responsibility remain attributed assertions.
The garment industry employs about four million people, mostly women. AP reports the formation of a new wage board, without establishing a new wage agreement concluded as of 4 November.