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18-party rejects schedule, calls 48-hr blockade
[Bangla Daily Star] The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance this evening announced a 48-hour countrywide blockade from tomorrow rejecting the parliamentary polls schedule.In a press briefing arranged minutes after the schedule announcement, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam called upon the Election Commission postpone the polls schedule until a consensus on polls-time government is reached among the political parties. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed in an address to the nation declared the schedule of the parliamentary polls. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-26 |
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