BNP rally: Speedboat operation on Bhola-Barishal route suspended

UNB, Barishal :

The Speedboat Owners Association has suspended operation of speedboats on Bhola-Barishal route for three days till November 5, ahead of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) divisional rally slated for November 5.
The movement of speedboats was suspended on Wednesday evening, causing suffering to the commuters.

Manjurul Alam, a speedboat owner of Bhola district, said that they have enforced a three-day strike but didn’t say the reason of the strike.

The UNB correspondent found a number of passengers waiting at Bheduria ghat in Bhola for speedboat.

Tatek Shah,in-charge of Barishal speedboat ghat, said speedboat movement was suspended from Bhola, not from Barishal.

Earlier, three-wheeler drivers in Barishal have called a strike on November 4 and 5 demanding the authorities concerned allow three-wheelers to operate on the highway.

The strike has coincided with the upcoming rally of the BNP while bus owners in the district have announced a similar strike on the same dates.

The rally in Barishal will be the 5th one by the BNP at the divisional level as four others were held in Chattogram, Mymensingh, Khulna, and Rangpur.