Khulna fuel traders go on indefinite strike

Fuel traders called an indefinite strike from Sunday morning to press home their three-point demand.

As part of this strike, fuel traders of Khulna's Khalishpur have paused the extraction of fuel from Padma, Meghna, and Jamuna oil depots. Additionally, oil supply from Khulna to 15 districts has also been halted. But the petrol pumps are kept open.

Bangladesh Fuel Oil Distributors Association Chairman Abdul Gaffar Bishwas said fuel traders gave the government an ultimatum till August 31 to meet their three-point demand. As the demands remained unfulfilled, the fuel traders went on strike.

The three-point demands include - increasing the economic lifetime of fuel-carrying tank-lorries to 50 years, raising fuel sales commission to 7.5 per cent, and issuing a gazette in this regard. 

Bangladesh Tank-lorry Owners Association, Bangladesh Fuel Oil Distributors Association, Khulna Divisional Tank-lorry Sramik Union, and Padma Meghna and Jamuna Tank-lorry Sramik Kalyan Samity are participating in this strike.

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