People queue without maintaining social distance to buy groceries at a lowest price from Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
DHAKA (Reuters) - Hundreds of workers poured onto the streets of Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong on Saturday, flouting social distancing rules to demand work and wages during the coronavirus shutdown.
Bangladesh, the world's second-largest apparel producer after China, is set to lose about $6 billion of export revenues this fiscal year as retailers and brands across the world cancel orders, two industry bodies have said.
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