But long-haul bus services are yet to resume in many areas, according to transport owners and workers’ leaders. Protesters carried out a procession at the Siddhirganj’s Signboard area around 7pm on Monday, blocking the road and traffic movement, according to some locals. The flow of traffic resumed again in the afternoon after police convinced the protesters to leave the streets, Monirul said. Transport workers are protesting the harsher punishments for traffic offences under the new road transport law. But none of the workers took part in the blockade at Signboard road, said Shafi Uddin Pradhan, general secretary of the Bangladesh Truck-Covered-Van Owners’ Association’s Narayanganj wing.

Source: bd News24 November 20, 2019 11:48 UTC