Commuters have been suffering as the transport workers enforced their 48-hour strike from Sunday morning.
Transport workers union, on Saturday, called the strike from to press their eight demands, including amendment to the recently-enacted Road Transport Act 2018.
Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation (BRTWF) made the announcement on Saturday at a statement sent to the media.
The countrywide strike began at 6am on Sunday bringing life as usual to a standstill.
Mass people are suffering immensely as no public transport except for the government operated BRTC buses were seen on the on the roads, Bangla Tribune correspondents reported from various places of the capital including Gabtoli, Jatabari, Shahbag, Rampura, Badda and Kawran Bazar.
Long-haul bus services are not operational either, causing severe inconvenience to people across the country.
At Rangpur’s bus terminals, many were seen waiting for a transport to the capital.
One of them, a private university student, Mamtaz told Bangla Tribune that she is not being able to attend her semester final exam, scheduled to be held on Monday.
Rangpur Divisional Road Transport Federation’s General Secretary Abdul Mozid said that their movement will continue until their demands are met.
Police in Rangpur stands ready to face any mishap with additional personnel deployed across the city, said Kotowali Police OC Rezaul Karim
The situation was similar in Khulna, with minimum activity at all the bus terminals.
Zakir Hossain Biplop, a transport sector leader in Khulna, said, “These are not only our demands but these are the demands of the people.”
People are tolerating the trouble caused by the strike for the sake of their demands, he claimed.
In Bandarban city, Rickshaws, Auto-Rickshaws were the only means of transport operational.
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