Barisal Bus Owners Association suspended the service of passenger buses from Barisal region to Gabtoli terminal of Dhaka from Thursday night.
Dipak Chandra Das, vice president of the bus owners association, said the owners stopped bus operation after local people ransacked a bus of Eagle Paribahon following death of a motorcyclist on Thursday.
The accident occurred when the motorcycle had a collision with a minibus of Eagle Paribahon which was provided by the company to take passengers into the city. Aftab Hossain, president of the owners association, said after the incident, the owners association directed to stop plying of buses in Gabtoli terminal indefinitely.
Meanwhile, cancelling bus trips from Barisal region, without any prior notice, created sufferings of Dhaka bound passengers and increased rush to Sayedabad bus terminal and water transports.
