After a brief pause the BNP-led 20-party alliance has called a fresh 48-hour nationwide general strike from today.
The shutdown will end at 6am on Wednesday. The opposition alliance, however, kept Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations out of the hartal’s purview due to the upcoming elections in the cities.
Barkatullah Bulu, BNP’s joint secretary general, in a press release called the shutdown on top of the ongoing countrywide transport blockade. The release demanded an early election under a non-partisan administration.
The BNP, which boycotted the January 5 national election, is making its preparations to contest in the city corporation elections scheduled for April 28.
