The Prime movers placed a seven-point demands during the talks including revoking of the maximum freight cap and stopping harassment of its staff and workers at the weighbridges along Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. Chittagong District Road Transport Owners' Group and Bangladesh Road Transport Labour's Federation has said that if the demands are not met bySaturday, all forms of freight movement by road would be stalled from Sunday. The declaration was made from the owners and labourers' side after Thursday’s talks with district administration and police with the striking Prime staff and owners failed in the evening. The indefinite strike by Prime Mover-Trailer that enters its fourth day has clogged the Chittagong port with undelivered containers at the port. Inland Container Depots Association secretary Md Ruhul Amin Sikder said, "Some 6,000 containers lie stranded at the port.

Source: bd News24 September 29, 2016 16:41 UTC