DHAKA: The workers of a readymade garment staged protest in Milkvita area of Mirpur in the city on Monday morning.

Sources said that a good number of workers of Pentagon Garments thronged there since morning and staged demonstration, protesting workers’ lay-off.

Confirming the matter, Rupnagar Thana Officer-in-Charge Shamim Shikdar said that additional six platoons of police have been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward situations.

BDST: 1104 HRS, AUG 18, 2014