Govt to meet leaders today
The government will sit with leaders of transport workers and owners today to end the indefinite bus strike being enforced in 10 districts of Khulna division.
Meanwhile, another indefinite strike, which was to be observed in eight districts of Rajshahi division from this morning, was postponed yesterday.
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal would hold the meeting with the leaders at his office in the afternoon to discuss ways to end the strike which caused immense sufferings to the people of Khulna division, said a source.
Meanwhile, the Rajshahi division unit of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation yesterday suspended the previously announced strike on the grounds of holding talks with the government, said Abdul Latif, president of the workers' platform.
Transport owners and workers have been enforcing the strike in Khulna division since Tuesday, demanding release of the driver and the helper of a Sohag Paribahan bus, who were arrested for robbery by Madhukhali police in Faridpur the same day.
On the other hand, the Rajshahi strike was called to protest an assault on a bus staff in the capital on May 13 by the students of Titumir College and the arrest of the bus driver and the helper.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday told The Daily Star that he had talked to the ministers concerned and transport leaders and owners for putting an end to the ongoing strike in Khulna division.
“I have requested the state minister for home to sit with the concerned stakeholders tomorrow [today] for resolving the issue as it is involved with law enforcement agencies,” he said.
HANIF CRITICAL OF STRIKE
Ruling Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif yesterday criticised bus owners and transport workers for “holding common people hostage in the name of a transport strike.”
Speaking at a function in Kushtia, he said, “Such programmes will not be tolerated.”
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