Kaladan News

Dated: Tuesday September2, 2003

Border trade with Burma halts on trader strike

 Cox’s Bazar, September 2: Border trade between

Bangladesh and Burma came to a halt yesterday as

traders at the frontier went on an indefinite strike

to protest

harassment by law enforcers while transporting goods

through the Teknaf (border Town) Highway, according to

UNB, Cox’s Bazar.

Importers, C&F agents and Transport Owners-Employees'

Unity enforced the strike as authorities failed to

meet their 10-point demand by the deadline on Sunday,

it further said.

Their demands include stoppage of BDR (Bangladesh

Rifles) activities in the

government declared customs area, shifting of trading

points to specified places and re-establishing the

supremacy of the Customs along the border belt.

Trade between Bangladesh and Burma across the river

Naf in Teknaf yields daily revenue of about Tk one

million. In July, the government earned Tk thirty

million from border trade in Teknaf area.  ##

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