No bus left the eight districts since Tuesday morningOn Monday, bus and truck drivers in 10 districts had gone on strike, protesting the new Road Transport Act 2018 (RTA) which came into effect across Bangladesh on November 17. The unannounced strike had crippled the country’s south-western districts since Monday morning, causing immense suffering to passengers and cargo transport. Transport workers protesting on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 | Dhaka TribuneMeanwhile, thousands of passengers were in distress as bus services were suddenly suspended in the districts. Transport workers, including bus drivers, said the new law imposes death penalty for drivers if anyone dies in a road accident and a fine of Tk5 lakh if anyone injured. As such, the transport workers refused to resume their services until the law is amended.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 19, 2019 05:45 UTC