Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained suspended since Wednesday morning as the workers of a garment factory put up barricade on the highway at Bagher Bazar in Sadar upazila of Gazipur district protesting at the death of a fellow in road accident.

The workers of Golden Refit Garments Limited took to the street at Bagher Bazar area in the upazila at about 8:00am, halting vehicular movement on the busy highway.

The protesting workers said Zannatul Ferdous Tamanna, 32, a worker of Golden Refit Garments Ltd, was killed as a truck hit an auto-rickshaw carrying her on the way to her workplace in the morning.

Abdul Halim, officer-in-charge of Joydebpur Police Station, said that the law enforcement agencies were working to bring the situation under control.