A faction of Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners Association (BPPOA) will go on a strike at petrol pumps across the country from Sunday (September 3) to press home their 3-point demand.

The demands are setting the fuel oil sales commission at 7.50 percent, publishing gazette recognising petrol pump owners as commission agents, clear announcement through gazette notification that value added tax (VAT) would not be applicable on the fares of tank-lorries and also gazette notification fixing the economic life of tank lorries which are over 25 years old.

Earlier on August 27, the faction of the BPPOA, led by Syed Sazzadul Karim Kabul and Mizanur Rahman Ratan, president and secretary general respectively, announced the strike programme at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity.

Later, the owners' association met State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid. But no satisfactory solution was found.

For this, they will stop providing oil at the all the petrol pumps till their demands are met.

However, the other faction of the BPPOA, led by Nazmul Haque and Mir Ahsan Uddin Parvez, president and acting secretary general respectively, in a press release informed that a meeting was held with State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid where the petrol pump owners were assured of implementing all demands of the organisation by September 30.

“So, the pump owners will continue their all business without any disruption including receiving petroleum oils from depots and transportation”, said the statement.

BDST: 2210 HRS, SEP 02, 2023
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