Rail communications between Dhaka and other parts of the country remained snapped for an hour on Monday as a section of railway workers blocked the tracks at Tongi demanding reinstatement of their jobs.
Around 11:00am, they started staging demonstrations which lasted till 12 noon. No trains could leave or arrive in Dhaka during this period.
The railway authorities sacked at least 8,000 temporary workers on June 30 and decided to outsource the job.
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Hundreds of railway workers gathered at the Tongi railway junction in Gazipur protesting the decision and demanded that the authorities return their jobs.
They withdrew their blockade after getting assurance from the railway authorities that their jobs will be returned within 5:00pm.
The workers have warned that they will go on tougher movement if they don’t get their jobs back within the stipulated time.
