Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- Leaders of the Chittagong Port Protection Struggle Council have said the strike at the port will continue until the Chittagong Port Authority withdraws the punitive measures taken against some protesters.

They said the authorities must withdraw the cases filed against some of them and revoke orders that transferred others as punishment and cancelled their residence allocations.

The announcement to continue the strike came in a statement issued by the council at 9pm on Sunday.

"We have already learnt that 14 of our employees have been temporarily suspended. We demand authorities stop and cancel autocratic decisions to harass protesters. The authoritarian attitude is the main obstacle to postponing our programme," the st...