CHITTAGONG. July 6: Dock-Bandar Sramik Karmachari Sangram Parishad. a combine of 22 labour organisations at the Chittagong Port called an eight-hour strike tomorrow to realise their demands, reports UNB.

The shutdown at the main maritime port of the country will begin at 8 am. the labour leaders announced, ignoring the request from the Shipping Ministry for putting off the action programme. transport strike called by the owners of buses, minibuses and trucks in demand for repairing and reconstruction of roads and highways that began on Monday.

Transport owners and workers in Comilla also stopped plying buses on the Dhaka-Comilla route from yesterday for an indefinite period in firotest against 'illegal' toll col-ection.

The owners and workers said they would not resume plying of their vehicles until illegal toll collection is stopped.