The BNP-led 20-party alliance called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Dhaka, except the city, and eight other districts for Thursday protesting the filing of ‘false cases’ against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and the arrest of its leaders and activists.
BNP organising secretary Fazlul Haq Milon announced the hartal for Thursday, BNP chairperson’s media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB.
The eight other districts are Gazipur, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Tangail, Kishoreganj, Narsingdi and Mymensingh.
However, Dhaka city will be kept out of the hartal purview.
On Saturday, a case was filed against 50 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in connection with Friday’s arson attack on a bus at Jatrabari that left at least 30 people injured with burns.
On Monday, another case was filed against 32 leaders and activists of the 20-party alliance, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, in connection with the torching of a covered van in Chouddagram upazila in Comilla on Sunday.
Source: UNB
