Big trouble for Yunus government in Bangladesh as employees of this sector go on strike, they demand…

Dhaka: Violence has been occurring in Bangladesh for a lot of months and now the railway workers hang created anguish for the Yunus authorities. Put collectively services and products in Bangladesh hang approach to a standstill as railway workers went on a nationwide indefinite strike nerve-racking benefits for extra work, affecting hundreds of of us.

The Bangladesh Railway Running Workers and Workers Affiliation is on a strike due to concerns linked to pension and gratuity benefits whereas Railway workers hang long gone on strike due to a protracted-standing dispute over time beyond law wage and pension benefits. Its union mentioned they've given the authorities time until Monday, February 3 to fulfill their requires.

Operation of 400 passenger trains affected

The strike affected the operation of about 400 passenger trains, including over 100 inter-metropolis services and products and over three dozen freight trains operated by Bangladesh Railways. The railway carries about 250,000 passengers daily.

What did the Railway Ministry suppose?

Bangladesh’s railway ministry mentioned practice passengers will likely be allowed to utilize their pre-booked tickets on bus services and products working on some crucial practice routes from Tuesday. In an announcement, the Railway Ministry appealed to the workers to call off the strike.

“Bangladesh Railways and Railways Ministry are very accurate and are attempting their best to fulfill the requires of the workers. We're in usual contact with the Finance Ministry”.

Why are workers on strike?

As per principles, a working workers member is entitled to leisure for 12 hours on return to his headquarters or 8 hours when posted outside. Extra time is paid if it's a must hang to work right by way of leisure hours for the succor of railway operations.

Extra time

Railway workers in Bangladesh, including drivers, assistant drivers, guards, and stamp checkers, customarily work higher than the scheduled hours due to an absence of manpower. In return, they in general earn additional pay with pension benefits calculated on these extra hours.

Folks are facing concerns

Reza Fakir, a native folk singer from the southwestern district of Kushtia, mentioned, “We had practice tickets for this afternoon to seize part in a music dwell performance. Nonetheless now we had to aquire a bus stamp to lag there, so we had to pay double that.”