, July 28 -- Bus services on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route remained suspended since Monday morning following a dispute between transport workers of the two districts.

Passengers traveling along this route have been facing trouble since morning and many were forced to use smaller vehicles such as CNG-run auto-rickshaws at high fares.

Anarul Islam, a leader of transport workers in Chapainawabganj, said the workers and bus drivers of both Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi route were locked into an altercation over a trifling matter on Friday.

At one stage, the transport workers and bus drivers from Rajshahi route beat up a driver on Chapainawabganj route mercilessly.

Protesting the assault, a bus from Rajshahi was vandalised in Chapainaw...