BNP and its 18-Party alliance have extended its hartal in Bogra by 24 hours, on Wednesday. The shutdown will now continue on till Thursday, 6pm.
Claiming that Tarique Rahman and a handful of central BNP leaders’ names have been excluded from the voters list, the district unit of the 18-party alliance called in a 36-hour hartal in Bogra district from Tuesday.
District BNP secretary, Jainul Abedin declared the extension on Wednesday afternoon, demanding the inclusion of their names in the voter list.
Meanwhile, inter-district communications for 11 districts including Bogra will be suspended because of the hartal.