Transport owners and workers are separately enforcing strikes for the second consecutive day in Thakurgaon and in the southern districts of Patuakhali, Barguna and Barisal causing immense sufferings to commuters. Bus owners and workers in the southern districts went on an indefinite strike on Thursday demanding keeping three wheelers off the highways and withdrawal of “fake cases” against transport workers, the UNB reports. Barguna Bus Owners Association President Golam Mostafa Kislu said that they would continue the strike until their demands were met. On February 13, police filed a case against 17 transport workers over a clash between bus workers and three-wheeler drivers at Barguna’s Amtoli. Meanwhile, in Thakurgaon, no buses or trucks plied the intra-district routes since Thursday following a clash between transport workers and owners.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 17, 2017 08:31 UTC