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 Chapainawabganj, he said.
As a result, all direct passenger bus services between the two districts have been suspended.
A meeting between transport owners and workers from both districts is scheduled to be held on Monday at the Rajshahi Bus Owners’ Association office in an effort to resolve the dispute.