Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said business operation is being disrupted most in the districts outside Dhaka.
The minister made the statement while addressing in a press conference at his ministry on Saturday afternoon.
Findings of a report on “Progress of the socio-economic of Bangladesh and recent macroeconomic position of 2001-2002 to 2013-2014 fiscal year” was presented at the briefing.
Muhith said business activities in district level are not functioning because of the BNP-led alliance enforced blockade and hartal.
“There is no disruption of life and business activities in Dhaka during the blockade," he added.
The minister said he did not know when the blockade programme would be ended.
So far, more than 60 people have died and scores have been injured in different parts of the country in violence, which mostly involved arson attacks.
Of those, a large number of arson attacks are being conducted on highways. Hundreds of vehicles, including those belonging to law-enforcers, were burnt and attacked.
The BNP led 20-party alliance has been enforcing a non-stop nationwide blockade since January 5 in protest against the “confinement” of the party chief Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda Zia had been kept confined to her Gulshan party office since January 3 ahead of a party rally, marking “Democracy Killing Day.”
On January 12, the security was relaxed.
But Khaleda never came out; instead she said in a press conference that she was going to stay there and the blockade would continue unless the government took the first steps towards solution.
The relaxed blockade is underway across the country amid sporadic incidents of violence, arson attacks, vandalism and arrests of BNP members.