Like in the past weeks, a statement purportedly issued by the BNP has called for a 72-hour shutdown from Sunday morning.
The statement, signed by the party’s Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed, also announced a ‘mass rally’ on Monday across Bangladesh.
The 20-Party alliance led by the BNP has been enforcing an indefinite blockade of roads, rail and waterways since Jan 5 demanding snap polls under a non-party government.
It has been also calling shutdowns regularly to aggravate the situation.
From the beginning of February, there have been shutdowns on every working day.
Since then, a statement is being issued on every Saturday for shutdowns from Sunday to Wednesday mornings and then again on Tuesday evenings to extend it until Friday 6am.
The weekly holidays are spared.
After the arrest of BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Salahuddin Ahmed appears to be the party’s spokesperson.
All BNP statements issued from an undisclosed location bears his signature.
Salahuddin, however, was not seen in public for weeks.
Source: bdnews24