'Fruitful' Talks with Officials
Benapole land port users call off strike
Five port user organisations called off their indefinite strike at Benapole land port yesterday, a day after enforcing the shutdown.
Leaders of the organisations said they called off the strike at noon following a 'fruitful' meeting with local officials at Jessore DC Office.
Earlier C&F Agent Association, Transport Owners' Association, Benapole Land Port Importers and Exporters Association, C&F Agent Employees' Union and Jhikorgacha-Navaran-Benapole Truck Owners' Association called the strike on Saturday, demanding an end to what they said harassment by the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at the port.
Shamsur Rahman, president of Benapole C&F Agent Association, said that they decided to withdraw the strike as lawmaker Sheikh Afiluddin and Jessore deputy commissioner Mustafizur Rahman assured them of meeting their demand for stopping harassment at the port.
Port sources said, the strike followed an incident when members of 26 BGB Battalion seized a fish-laden truck on way to India, from the bonded area of the port, on January 9, despite showing valid documents by the exporter.
Export and import activities between Bangladesh and India through the port came to a halt since Saturday morning due to the strike.
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