Water transport workers postpone strike

Water transport workers have postponed their countrywide indefinite strike which began on Tuesday to press home their 11-point demand.

The decision came on Wednesday night after a meeting between state-minister for labour and employment Monnujan Sufian and water transport workers. 

The water transport workers across the country began plying all type of vessels from morning today.

The workers under the banner of Bangladesh Water Transport Workers’ Federation declared the strike as a meeting with the Shipping Ministry held on Monday night went fruitless, said Shah Alam Bhuiyan, president of the federation.

The demands include taking action against terrorism and extortion, stopping of workers’ harassment, full implementation of pay scale 2016, providing Tk 10lakh compensation for any injury of a worker and cracking down robbery on the river routes.