Indefinite transport strike from Thursday in Sylhet

Sylhet district unit of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation called indefinite strike for all motor vehicles in Sylhet division from Thursday to press home their 14-point demand.

Their demands include repair of all roads in the division and central bus terminal at south Surma, ban on plying of battery-run rickshaws and auto-rickshaws in the division, preventing highway police from extorting in the name of checking, and decreasing tolls collected on different bridges in the division which they demanded are “too much” for them.

At a meeting at South Surma, President of the unit Selim Ahmed Folik called the strike.