Angry garment workers set fire to seven textile factories in and around the capital Tuesday after news that an employee shot in the back during recent protests over better pay and working conditions had died, officials and witnesses said. On Monday, protests occurred in the capital, and workers blocked busy roads and ransacked several factories in an industrial area in downtown Dhaka.
See "Bangladeshi Workers Torch More Factories", Associated Press, The New York Times, May 22, 2006