Petrol pump owners call strike from May 9

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Petrol pump and tank lorry owners and workers on Monday announced that they would go for indefinite shutdown from May 9 if their 13-point demand is not met by the government, reports UNB.
Mohammad Nazmul Haque, convener of Petrol Pump and Tank Lorry Owners-Workers Unity Council and also the President of Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners' Association, made the announcement at a press conference at Hotel Purbani in the city.
The main demands include raising commission on the sale of petrol from present two per cent to seven per cent, enforcing the decision for setting up testing laboratory at the petrol depots, issuing arms licenses to the petrol pump owners and raising tank lorry fare.
The Unity Council earlier enforced a half-day strike on March 14 at the petrol pumps and depots across the country on the same demands.
At that time, they gave an ultimatum to the government for implementing their demands by March 11. Otherwise, they threatened to go for indefinite strike at petrol pumps from April 12.