Cement workers agitate

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
Suspension of three CBA leaders of the state run Chhatak Cement Company (CCC) triggered protest by the workers. The agitating workers yesterday afternoon laid a siege to the office of the managing director of the BCIC-run factory, located at the upazila headquarters of Chhatak in Sunamganj district. They held a rally in front of the factory main gate and later met the MD Shahidur Rahman and pressed for the immediate withdrawal of the suspension orders. The workers claimed that the management had suspended only three although 14 employees were accused of corruption. The management yesterday suspended CBA President Humayun Kabir, General Secretary Abu Mohammad Selim and Joint Secretary Enamul Haque on charges of corruption, irregularities and misuse of power. It was done on the basis of a probe report, factory sources informed.