The nationwide dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by the Jamaat-e-Islami has been observed peacefully.
The hartal began at 6am Thursday. No untoward incident took place during the shutdown.
Jamaat called the countrywide hartal protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty for its party chief.
The party announced the hartal on its website after the verdict on Wednesday.
Earlier, the Supreme Court upheld its previous verdict on convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
A press release was issued in this regard on Jamaat's website after the verdict on Wednesday.
A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha delivered the verdict the same day.
