The Kuwaiti government has reached an agreement with Asian workers to end a three-day strike over pay and conditions, state news agency Kuna said.

Earlier, some workers had overturned cars and ransacked offices before being dispersed by police.

The strike came against a backdrop of soaring inflation.

Kuna quoted cabinet minister Faisal Al-Hajji as saying the workers had agreed to return to work after the government said it would ensure their rights and that anyone participating in riots would be deported.

More than 500 Asian cleaners and workers earlier staged street demonstrations until police dispersed them, residents and a security source said. A witness said police used tear gas and batons.

A Bangladeshi worker in his 30s told Reuters TV they wanted a net salary of 50 dinars ($188.3) a month without deductions for visa fees.

A string of strikes has sparked calls by parliament deputies to improve conditions for expatriates, mainly Asians and Arabs, who make up two thirds of Kuwait's 3.2 million population.

Annual inflation hit 11.4 percent in April in the world's seventh largest oil exporter as high housing and food costs  spurred price rises. - Reuters