BNP has announced down to dusk shutdown in eight upazilas of six districts for Thursday protesting in vote forgery by ruling party in the upazila polls.
The upazilas are Meherpur Sadar, Bakerganj and Gournadi upazilas of Barisal, Jhenidah Sadar, Shailakupa and Sujanagar upazilas of Pabna; Sonatola upazila of Bogra and Kazipur of Sirajganj district.
BNP office secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed made the announcement of shutdown at a press briefing from the party’s Naya Paltan headquarter on Wednesday.