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BNP to enforce 36-hr hartal Tuesday
DHAKA: After the observance of a daylong hartal by Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh throughout the country, the BNP led 18-party opposition alliance is going to enforce another spate of hartal for 36-hour shutdown since 6:00am on Tuesday demanding unconditional release of their leaders.
This will work about as well as the last one...
The non-stop hartal on Tuesday and Wednesday was also called demanding the withdrawal of all “false cases” filed against alliance leaders, holding of the next general election under a non-party caretaker government (CG) and protesting the government indulged ongoing genocide and for immediate step-down of the government to protect the country and its people.

BNP join secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed announced the non-stop hartal programme shortly after eight top leaders of BNP including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir were sent to jail on Sunday.

Senior leaders of 18-party alliance including BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and acting secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami Rafiqul Islam Khan on Monday called upon the leaders and activists of their respective parties as well as the alliance to make the hartal a success.

The government has taken strong security measures to maintain law and order and foil any possible sabotage during the tow-day long hartal.

As part of the security measures, Border Guard of Bangladesh was deployed in the Dhaka and different districts in the country. Besides, additional law enforcers including police and RAB were deployed in the city to control law and order during hartal hours ending 6:00pm on Wednesday.
Posted by: Steve White 2013-04-09
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=365814