Local BNP on Monday called a daylong hartal in the district for Thursday demanding the release of BNP leaders, including Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie.
District BNP organising secretary Advocate Hasibur Rahman announced the shutdown programme from a rally at Temuhoni in the town.
Three Dhaka courts on Sunday sent 10 senior BNP leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Annie, to jail in seven cases filed over March 1 violence in the capital.
The BNP-led 18-party alliance will enforce countrywide 36-hour hartal at 6 am on Tuesday, demanding the release of its leaders.
Source: UNBConnect
