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| BNP calls hartal for Nov 30 |
| 2010-11-23 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The main opposition BNP once again called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... on November 30 demanding resolving the miseries of public life, to save democracy and to protect the interest of people and the country. The party will also organise procession and rallies in districts and upazilas from November 25 to 27 and in divisional headquarters on November 28 and procession in support of hartal on November 29. BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain last night announced these programmes during a press briefing at party Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office. BNP standing committee was discussing the latest political situation and decided to enforce hartal and hold protest programmes. At a stage of the meeting Delwar came out and briefed newsmen. The meeting started at 8:00pm and ended at 10:15pm with Khaleda Zia in chair. The party enforced a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal on November 14 to protest the "eviction" of Khaleda Zia from Dhaka cantonment house. Earlier on June 27, BNP called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal, first in more than three and a half years. Delwar said, "We called a hartal on June 27 almost on same demands but government failed to bring any changes within this time." |
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