<div style="text-align: justify; ">An indefinite strike called by fuel traders in Khulna is underway since this morning (September 03, 2023) to realise their three-point demand including hiking commission on fuel sales.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Moving fuel from Padma, Jamuna and Meghna oil depots has remained suspended since 8 am.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh Tank-Lorry Owners’ Association, Bangladesh Fuel Oil Distributors Association, Khulna Divisional Tank-Lorry Workers’ Union and Padma, Meghna and Jamuna Tank-Lorry Workers’ Welfare Association are observing the strike.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Their demands include raising commission on fuel sales to at least 7.5 percent, setting the tank-lorry economic life to 50 years, and issuing a gazette notification mentioning fuel traders as commission agents as per previous pledges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As news of the strike surfaced earlier, a huge number of motorbikes and private vehicles were seen forming queues at fuel pumps in Khulna on Saturday night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Claiming their demands as logical, Md Muraduzzaman, a leader of petrol pump owners’ association, said they were forced to start the strike from Sunday morning as their demands were not met by August 31.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The strike will end when their three-point demand is met, he said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>