News / Disruption at Chittagong as Bangladesh drivers strike over diesel price rise

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Bangladeshi vehicle owners began a countrywide strike on Friday, demanding the government scraps a decision to raise the price of diesel, claiming it was too big a cost.

The strike has halted the transport of domestic and international trade goods, with almost no trucks, covered vans, lorries or prime-mover drivers working.

On Sunday, the government agreed to raise bus fares to encourage public bus drivers back to work, but would not cut diesel prices for truckers, and Rutom Ali, of the ...