Khulna District Transport Owners and Workers Union has called off their indefinite strike that started on Wednesday on 18 inter-district routes to press for withdrawal of illegal human haulers like Nasimon and Karimon from streets. The decision to call off the strike was taken at a tripartite meeting held at 7:30pm on Wednesday in the office of the Khulna Police Super Tanvir Haider Chowdhury. Leaders of Bus-Mini Bus Owners' Association, Transport Workers' Union and officials of Khulna civil and police administration were present. "We have called off the strike as the administration assured us of banning human haulers like Nasimon and Karimon on 18 inter-district routes of south-western region," said Zakir Hossain Biplob, general secretary of Khulna Transport Workers' Union.