Owners and workers of trucks and covered-van have called off their strike.
The decision came following a meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday night.
Earlier, top leaders of the Bangladesh Covered Van-Truck Prime Mover Goods Transport Owners’ Association sat with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal at the minister’s Secretariat office.
The bus and launch owners have already withdrawn their strike after the government agreed to raise the fares
The truck owners’ association enforced the strike on Friday and kept operations suspended till Monday, demanding the withdrawal of the increased price of diesel and kerosene, withdrawal of increased toll at Jamuna and Muktarpur bridges, and stopping extortion at all city corporations and municipalities in the name of toll collection.
After the meeting, the minister said that he would talk to the leaders of the exporters’ bodies and request them to pay the transporters as per the revised fare.
Owners of the goods transport sector called for an indefinite strike since Friday putting forward three demands.
