48-hr transport strike underway
A 48-hour strike, called by transport workers, is underway since Sunday morning to press home their eight-point demand.
The workers under the banner of 'Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation' began the work abstention from 6am and will continue till 6am Tuesday.
Their demands include making all offences by road accident 'bailable', cancellation of the provision of fining Tk 5 lakh for involvement in a road accident, keeping a representative from their federation in any probe body formed for road accident, fixing minimum educational qualification for getting driving licence to class-V, and stopping police harassment on roads.
