The Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association has called off the strike as the government has adjusted fares on public transport. On Sunday (November 7) at noon at the BRTA office in the capital Banani in the context of the increase in the price of fuel in the public transport fare rescheduling meeting with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) after the meeting of the leaders of the owners the association. '
Khandaker Enayetullah made this announcement."I would urge bus owners to call off the nationwide public transport strike from now on," he said. It is as if the communication system is normalized by reducing the suffering of the people. From now on, buses will run from all the districts of the country.
He further said that the fare fixed by the government will be published in the form of gazette tomorrow. He instructed not to take more than that fare as per that fare.
Earlier, the price of diesel and kerosene was increased from Tk 65 to Tk 80 per liter on Wednesday night. .Then, from Friday morning, truck, covered van and lorry drivers-owners announced to stop the movement of vehicles. They were joined by bus drivers and owners.