Reuters reported that miners at a coal field of Bangladesh's state run Barapukuria Coal Mining Co Ltd resumed work on Tuesday. Mr Abdul Aziz Khan CEO of Barapukuria Coal Mining Co Ltd told Reuters that "The workers are now satisfied as we have fulfilled their basic demands."

Mr Khan said that due to a three day strike, at least 4,000 tonnes of coal could not be extracted. More than 700 Bangladeshi miners had stopped extraction of coal used to fire two coal based power plants with a total capacity of 250 MW.

He added that since October last year, the miners have been demanding a rise in wages of more than 90% and shorter working hours by 2 hours to 6 hours.

Barapukuria Coal Mining has started since mid January coal extraction from the mine located nearly 340 kilometers north west of Dhaka. It has developed the coal field with technical assistance from Chinese coal firm China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation. Both firms extract more than 2,000 tonnes of coal every day.