Indefinite transport strike in Sylhet from Saturday

SYLHET: Transport workers Friday called an indefinite strike in the district from Saturday demanding the arrest of the killers of a driver and attackers of another one.
Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Oikya Parishad announced the action programme from an emergency meeting held in the evening, according to a news agency.
Earlier in the morning, miscreants swooped on an auto-rickshaw driver, Shafique Miah, in Lalabazaar area of Dakkhin Surma upazila over a previous feud, leaving him injured.
Injured driver was admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in a critical condition.
On Tuesday night, a pickup driver was chopped to death by miscreants at Dhopagul on the outskirts of the city.
The transport workers blocked Sylhet-Dhaka highway at Lalabazar for two hours on Friday protesting the attack on the CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver.
Outraged by the incident, the auto-rickshaw drivers staged demonstrations and blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Lalabazar, causing a long tailback of vehicles on both sides of the busy highway.