<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>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.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The movement of speedboats was suspended on Wednesday evening, causing suffering to the commuters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The UNB correspondent found a number of passengers waiting at Bheduria ghat in Bhola for speedboat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tatek Shah,in-charge of Barishal speedboat ghat, said speedboat movement was suspended from Bhola, not from Barishal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>