Unloading of goods at 11 customs stations including Benapole will remain suspended on Tuesday as the Federation of Clearing & Forwarding Agents’ Association announced a day-long strike.

President of the association Shamsur Rahman and Secretary General Sultan Hossain Khan announced the strike at a press briefing demanding amendment of Licensing Act 2020 of National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Sunday .

The C&F traders will refrain from unloading any goods at the customs offices and will peacefully conduct the strike, said Shamsur Rahman.

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He said, ”We have requested the authority a number of times to amend the licensing act but they did not pay any heed to it. So we decided to call a strike to press our demand.”

Meanwhile the general traders demanded to resolve the stalemate as soon as possible as the government's revenue collection will be hampered due to the strike.

Government collects some Tk 30 to 40 crore revenue only from Benapole land port in a day, they said.