At least 15 people, including policemen, were injured and vehicles vandalised in Dhaka and other parts of the country during the nationwide hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday. Jamaat had called the shutdown in protest against the punishment meted out to three of its three leaders for contempt of court by the International Crimes
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Sporadic violence marks BNP hartal
The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by the district unit of the BNP in Dhaka, passed off with stray incidents of violence on Wednesday. The Dhaka Metropolitan area was not under the purview of the general strike. At least 15 vehicles were vandalised and four torched. Fourteen BNP activists were arrested in Keraniganj, Dohar, Dhamrai, Savar and ... Read more
BNP calls hartal in Dhaka dist today
The Dhaka district unit of BNP on Tuesday called a daylong shutdown in five upazilas of the district for Wednesday demanding the release of party joint secretary general Amanullah Aman and its other activists and leaders. District BNP president and BNP chairperson’s adviser
Posh hotels bear the brunt of political unrest
Guest occupancy drops sharply Hundred of foreigners mainly businessmen have vacated Dhaka with the beginning of yet another round of general strikes called by the mainstream opposition parties. City’s posh hotel operators told New Age that occupancy rate by the foreign guests and other events had reduced to half since last month.
18-party calls hartal for Wednesday, Thursday
BNP-led 18-party alliance called dawn-to-dusk hartal for May 8 and May 9 protesting what they said ‘killing of innocent Alems of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) in a massacre at Shapla Square in Motijheel by the law enforcers’. The decision to enforce the hartal was taken at a meeting of the alliance, chaired by the BNP chairperson ... Read more
Teen killed during hartal, magistrate hurt
A 14-year-old boy was killed and around 50 people, including a magistrate and three cops, were injured, in violence that marked the first half of the second day of the 36-hour nationwide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance. There were also reports of explosion of homemade bombs and police firing. Police said the teenager, ... Read more
Shun hartal for sake of business
Urge women entrepreneurs Women entrepreneurs have urged the country’s two main political leaders, prime minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, to seat in dialogue for establishing peace and avoid hartal for the sake of business and economy of the country. They also called the highest policymakers of the two political
HSC examinees rally against hartal during exams
Higher Secondary Certificate examinees of different educational institutions held demonstrations Saturday noon protesting at hartals during HSC examinations in the country and demanding reschedule of examination routine. They asked the authorities to defer their physics examinations
Stray incidents mark shutdown
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced on Sunday by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance in protest at the price hike of fuel oils partially disrupted life and businesses in the capital and other cities and towns. Police in riot gear used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up stray processions in the