Cargo vessel owners call off their strike following the government’s assurance of a fresh wage structure for the workers in the sector.

It was after six days of enormous suffering that we were relived to hear the news of inland water transport workers calling off their strike.

Two vessels carrying over 1,00,000 tonnes of wheat, yellow maize and yellow peas from Argentina and Canada arrived at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port in the middle of this month.