Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has failed to get striking truck drivers and owners to call off their protest. The minister called truck workers and owners to his home in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi for a meeting on Saturday, the second day of a strike to protest an increase in diesel prices, reports bdnews24.com. “We will only end our strike once the demands we have made are met,” Truck Driver Workers Federation President Talukder Md Monir said after the meeting. The home minister spoke to truck owners and workers ahead of that meeting. The home minister did not make an official statement on the discussion, but truck workers’ leader Monir said the home minister had promised to bring their proposals to the prime minister.

Source: bd News24 November 07, 2021 02:18 UTC