After receiving assurances from the government to meet their demands, water transport workers have called off their strike after nearly 45 hours of work stoppage.
On Saturday night, leaders of the Bangladesh Workers' Federation and Bangladesh Lighterage Workers' Union met with the Director General of the Department of Shipping at his office. Following the meeting, they announced the withdrawal of their strike.
Meanwhile, on Sunday morning, the unloading of imported goods resumed from mother vessels anchored at Mongla Port. The port authority's traffic department confirmed this information.
Importers have started unloading fertilizer, coal, clinker, and stone from 13 mother vessels.
Mahmudul Islam Imon, Manager of Glory Shipping, a fertilizer importing company, stated that the strike by water transport workers caused a massive backlog of goods, resulting in financial losses amounting to several lakh taka.
However, with the strike ending on Saturday night, unloading operations resumed on Sunday morning.
The strike began earlier on Thursday at midnight, following a four-point demand by workers in response to the killing of seven people on a ship in the Meghna River in Chandpur. The strike disrupted goods transportation and unloading on internal waterways.
