<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amid the ongoing workers' unrest in the garments sector, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed in Dhaka and adjacent areas to ensure security.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Troops have been deployed in Ashulia, Savar, Mirpur, Rampura, Abdullahpur, Tongi, Gazipur, Konabari, Sharuiful Islam, public relations officer at BGB headquarters, said.</div><div><br></div><div>Workers of garment factories have been demonstrating for the past few days, demanding a minimum basic salary of Tk 23,000, in Dhaka and elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>Russel Hawladar, 22, an electrician of Design Express Limited Company in Gazipur's Maleker Bari, died on Monday during the ongoing protest on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway.</div><div><br></div><div>Protesting RMG workers said that Russel died in “police firing.” Police rejected the claim.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile clashes took place between police and RMG workers in several places.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the unrest, most of the garment factories were declared closed. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>