Transport workers call off strike in Mymensingh, four districts after talks

Transport workers have withdrawn their strike in five districts of Mymensingh Division, calling in protest against the arrest of a worker accused of harassing a July Uprising protester and the suspension of 16 United Service buses. As a result, buses will resume operations from Monday morning. On Sunday night, Mymensingh District Motor Owners’ Association chief Alomgir Mahmud Alom said the strike was withdrawn “considering public suffering”. Al Nur Ayas, coordinator of the Martyrs and Injured Cell of the Students Against Discrimination in the division, said: “We had already urged them to resume bus services, considering people’s suffering. It is good that they have withdrawn the strike.” The anti-discrimination protesters, however, had demanded the suspension of 16 buses of the United...