Report in The Daily Star, Nov 17, 2023The BNP yesterday called a 48-hour nationwide hartal from 6:00am Sunday protesting the unveiling of the polls schedule by the Election Commission. Party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a virtual press briefing. Rizvi said the party will enforce the strike also to mount pressure on the government to step down, hand over power to a non-party neutral government and release all arrested…
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report in Daily FT, Apr 25, 2023A hartal protest campaign organised by seven Tamil political parties led by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will be launched in the North and Eastern provinces today. According to TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, the hartal will demand solutions to several issues faced by the people of the two districts and also protest against the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act. The political parties have announced that the Government sector will also join…