Seven-day ultimatum to arrest killers

Transport owners and workers here yesterday gave a seven-day ultimatum to the authorities concerned to arrest the killers of a driver.

Driver Shajahan Mia, 45,  was stabbed to death during a robbery in a bus on February 12.

Tangail District Bus-Minibus Owners' Association and Bus-Minibus Workers' Union leaders gave the ultimatum at a press conference at Tangail Press Club.

They also demanded strengthening of security on the Dhaka-Tangail highway.

They said they will enforce transport strike in the district on February 26 if their demands are not met by the deadline.

Tangail District Bus-Minibus Owners' Association President Iqbal Hossain, Bus-Minibus Workers' Union President Ahsanul Haque Pitu and General Secretary Mominul Islam Lavlu spoke at the press conference.