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November 14, 2003

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Cover Story

All hell broke loose in the early hours of November 3 in BSCIC City as police in riot gear swooped on the agitating garment workers. A couple of hundred male and female workers of Pantex garments had been laying siege for the last four days and nights. High-handedness on the part of the factory owner and the atrocious actions of the local administration led to the worst deadlock ever to be experienced in this industry. The stalemate soon turned into mayhem when thousands of workers joined in to fight their beleaguered brethren. At one stage the police opened fire. One killed and more than a hundred injured. Why did the situation go so out of hand?

  

   

   

The Team

Editor
Mahfuz Anam

Managing Editor
Syed Fahim Munaim

Magazine Editor
Aasha Mehreen Amin

Senior Staff Writer
Fayza Haq

Staff Writers
Lavina Ambreen Ahmed
Shamim Ahsan
Imran H. Khan
Mustafa Zaman
Ahmede Mainul Hussain
Kajalie Shehreen Islam
Srabonti Narmeen Ali

Regular Contributors
Neeman A Sobhan
AFM Mohiuddin 

Illustrations
Manan Murshed

Photographer
Zahedul I Khan

Make-up
Monirul Islam Bhuiyan

Pasting
Md. Shaheen Hossein

Production
Selim Shamsul Huda Chowdhury

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