BGB rolls into Bogra

Three platoons of paramilitary Border Guard Battalion, BGB, were deployed to Bogra town on Monday morning; the first day of the opposition's 60-hour hartal.

Nejarat Deputy Collector (NDC) of Bogra, Mohammad Arifuzzaman, confirmed the deployment.

This morning witnesses report that pickets attempted to block a road in the Sherpur area of the Dhaka-Dinajpur highway using logs and torched tyres..

Law enforcers were deployed throughout key points in Bogra town to avoid any further incidents, Bogra Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Syed Shahid Alam said.

In the first day of the 60-hour hartal last week one person died in clashes between rival factions of BNP supporters.