Dhaka, Nov. 23 -- The Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation and the Left Democratic Alliance have joined the Chattogram Port blockade called by the Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) to protest the leasing of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) and Laldia Char terminal to foreign companies.

On Sunday, the federation held a meeting with representatives from 47 affiliated workers' organisations in the Chattogram regional committee, where the decision was confirmed, according to a media statement.

Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance also called for the blockade at a gathering at the Chattogram Old Railway Station.

The meeting was presided over by Mohammad Musha, president of the federation's regional committee. Mrital...