The shutdown was called protesting the killing of Dhaka City AL Law Affairs Secretary Advocate Khorshed Alam Bachchu.

Meanwhile, the AL has called for another dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country on Saturday in protest against the killing of Khorshed.

Announcing the hartal at a press conference at party's Dhanmondi office yesterday evening,

AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil said the shutdown is called also in demand of resignation of the BNP-Jamaat-led coalition government for its failure to run the country.

During yesterday's hartal, shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed while vehicles, excepting a small number of autorickshaws and buses, stayed off the streets. Attendance in government and semi-government offices was thin.

A large number of police, Rapid Action Battalion and paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel were deployed at different important points in the capital to avert any untoward incidents.

Pro-hartal pickets damaged a number of vehicles while police charged batons on processions in support of the 6:00am to 6:00pm shutdown.

Police foiled hartal supporters' bid to bring out processions at Farmgate, Khilgaon, Malibagh, Kalabagan, Demra, Mohammadpur and Russell Square. The pickets damaged several vehicles in Mirpur.

As on the previous hartal days, police cordoned off the AL's central office on Bangabandhu Avenue and barred party leaders and workers from bringing out procession.

In the morning, scuffles broke out repeatedly between police and AL activists as the law enforcers intercepted their processions in the area.

The AL parliamentary team this time did not bring out any procession from the Sangsad Bhaban area nor held rally at Russell Square during the hartal hours.

At about 11:00 am, police intercepted an Awami Jubo Mahila League procession in Dhaanmondi, resulting in scuffles between the two sides. Pro-hartal activists damaged a taxicab in the area. Police rounded up six activists of the organisation.

In Khilgaon area, Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, youth wing of the AL, brought out a procession at about 11:00 am. Police charged batons on the procession near Taltala market and Bishwa Road, leaving 20 injured. Police also arrested an activist, Delwar Hossain.

Police intercepted a. Jubo League procession in Kalabagan and Russell Square area at about 10:00am.

They dispersed an AL procession at about 11:00am, led by party leader Shahera Khatun, at Farmgate. Police also charged batons on them as they tried to hold a rally.

In Malibagh area, police attacked a Jubo Mohila League rally and arrested eight activists. Police also charged batons on a procession in Mohammadpur, leaving five injured.