BNP announces 3-day countrywide blockade from Tuesday

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UNB, Dhaka :

After a daylong hartal on Sunday, BNP has announced countrywide blockade for three consecutive days starting on October 31 (Tuesday) to press home their one-point demand and to protest the attacks on the party’s Nayapaltan grand rally on Saturday.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement of the fresh programme at a virtual press conference on Sunday evening.

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He said the blockades will be observed on October 31, November 1 and 2 across the country also to register protest against the arrest of over 1,000 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies, including party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

“This blockade will be observed on roads, railways and waterways,” Rizvi added.