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Transport strike called off

18 August 2009, 17:00 PM

A Correspondent, Gopalganj

Transport owners yesterday called off strike. All types of vehicles have returned to the routes with all obstacles removed early yesterday from Dhaka-Khulna highway point in front of the bus terminal. The decision to withdraw the transport strike followed two rounds of talks by the district and police administration with Gopalganj district bus owners, motor workers union and representatives of Kotalipara bus owners. Earlier, deputy commissioner (DC) Sheikh Yusuf Harun talked with prime minister Sheikh Hasina over telephone on the situation. At the meeting the DC told the two feuding parties that there would be one owners association in the district. The separate owners association in Kotalipara can run 10 buses. But those buses are allowed to run only under Gopalganj owners association. After two rounds of meeting both parties accepted the decision.