About 200 shop employees of Bashundhara City Shopping Mall on Monday in front of the complex staged demonstration demanding 10-hour working day and government holidays.聽
They also demanded the removal of the shopping mall in-charge Mohsinul Karim, terming him as 鈥榓utocrat鈥�.
The protest continued for about seven hours in presence of members of the army and Border Guard of Bangladesh.
Md Hridoy, an employee in the level-2, said that they wanted their working hours would be from 10:00am to 8:00pm, instead of the current 10:00am to 10:00pm.
鈥榃e are now working 12 hours against the international eight hours standard. We want our duty will be set at 10 hours,鈥� he said, adding that they did not even get holidays, including the May Day, the International Workers鈥� Day.
Rimi Saha, another employee at Level-4, said that they took to the streets for the removal of shopping mall in-charge Karim.
鈥榃e want all government and international holidays,鈥� she said, adding that they had ended their protest at about 7:00pm as a team went to meet the authorities concerned.
Bashundhara Group media adviser Mohammad Abu Tayeb told 抖阴精品 that if the allegations against security in-charge Karim proved, he would be withdrawn from the shopping mall.
鈥榃e have sold shops to the shop owners.聽 The decision will be taken by shop owners鈥� association,鈥� he added.