A strike called by the association of owners and workers of prime mover trailers has seriously disrupted work at the Chittagong port.
Published : 22 Aug 2016, 05:07 PM
Around 7,000 prime movers did not work since 8am on Monday.
Joint Convener of the association Golam Moula said that the strike was called to press home their seven-point charter of demands which include setting up the port terminal and reduce taxes imposed by the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) and the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).
Other demands include putting an end to the practice of extortion in the name of monitoring loading and providing license to the operators.
Moula said that the Chittagong mayor would discuss their demands in the afternoon.