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| Bangladesh |
| Hartal in 16 dists today |
| 2013-02-04 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] BNP will enforce a dawn-to-dusk hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions today demanding release of the party's acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its self-dependence affairs secretary Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu. Joint Secretary General of BNP Mizanur Rahman Minu announced the hartal yesterday during a presser at the party's Rajshahi office. Withdrawal of "false" cases filed against the two veteran leaders of the opposition, protesting incidents of disappearance and secret killings and indiscriminate killings by Indian BSF on borders, increase of fuel prices and lack of security are among other reasons for calling hartal in all 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions. Minu also threatened to go for tougher agitation programme if the government interrupts their peaceful protests during hartal hours. The presser was organised by the party's coordination committee of two divisions. Earlier, BNP placed barricades on highways and railways for an hour on February 2 and held demonstrations at district and divisional level on January 27, Minu added. |
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