The transport strike called by the Rajshahi Divisional Transport Owners' Association has been called off in Rajshahi division on Saturday.
Confirming the matter, General Secretary of the association, Motiul Haque Tito, said: “We have called off the strike after being assured by district administration during a meeting with the Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner.”
“He has promised to meet our 10-point demands, which fall under his purview,” the general secretary added.
He also said buses had already started to leave from Rajshahi after 4pm.
Long-distance buses have started preparing to leave for their designated destinations as well, he added.
Previously, Rajshahi Divisional Transport Owners' Association enforced the strike on Thursday morning, following a decision taken from a joint meeting at the office of Rajshahi Road Transport Group on Wednesday.
On November 26, the Divisional Transport Owners and Workers Solidarity Council gave an ultimatum to the authorities concerned to meet their 10-point demand by November 30.
They called the strike for various demands including scrapping the Road Transport Act, 2018 and banning the movement of illegal three-wheelers and battery-run autorickshaws on highways by November 30.
BNP held its Rajshahi divisional rally on December 3.
On September 27, the party announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional and major cities. The party began the rallies by holding the first one in Chittagong on October 12.
Transport owners and workers called strikes ahead of all the rallies in various cities, except in Chittagong and Comilla.
BNP will end its divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10.