Indefinite transport strike
An indefinite transport strike, called by District Road Transport Workers Union, began on all local routes yesterday protesting assault on transport workers. Transport leaders, who enforced the strike, said the strike will continue until those responsible for attack on transport workers are brought to justice. Meanwhile, students of Shariatpur Government College yesterday staged demonstration protesting attack on them and ransacking of college valuables by transport workers. Sixty people, including six policemen, were injured in a clash between the transport workers and students of the college in the town on Saturday noon following an altercation between some students and a bus conductor over bus fare. Traffic movement on all local routes came to a halt following the clash on Saturday.
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