Workers continue the transport strike to press home their demands in Dinajpur while students of the Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) have called off their highway blockade program on the third day.
On last Wednesday, a private coach collided with a HSTU transport pool bus, resulting in a scuffle between the students and the coach workers.
Following the incident, students imposed a blockade at around 5pm in the evening on the highway in front of the university.
Several buses were vandalised during the blockade, sources said.
Later, bus-truck owners and workers jointly started a transport strike demanding the safety of workers and vehicles, including long distance passenger-buses, on all the routes of the district. Passengers are suffering tremendously due to this continued strike.
Sources said Iqbalur Rahim, a ruling party lawmaker from Dinajpur, talked to the demonstrating students on his way back from Dhaka.
He assured them that no students will be arrested till proper investigation has been done and the students called off their program and returned to their campus.
Meanwhile, transport men told the Dhaka Tribune that their demands have not been met yet, so they will not be calling off their strike until the matter is mutually settled.