Transport workers go on strike on 19 routes in Ctg today
Transport workers of southern part of Chittagong district will observe a daylong token strike on 19 routes today protesting killing of a bus driver by robbers on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway.
Md Jasim Uddin, a driver of Trisha Paribahan, was shot dead at Chakaria around 8:00pm on Friday.
At a meeting at its Badurtala office in Chittagong, Arakan Road Transport Labour Union yesterday took the decision of observing the strike.
They raised a three-point demand which urges the government to arrest the killers, provide compensation to the driver's family and ensure security to prevent robbery incidents on the highway.
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