Half-day hartal in Sylhet tomorrow
BNP-led 20-party alliance has called for a six-hour hartal in Sylhet for tomorrow protesting detention of its city unit convener during today’s daylong nationwide shutdown.
The alliance will observe the shutdown from 6:00am tomorrow, city unit BNP Member Secretary Badruzzaman Selim announced from a protest rally this morning.
Police held BNP’s city unit Convener Shahrier Hosssain Chowdhury and two activists of local unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal from Chouhatta area in the city around 9:30am.
Additional deputy commissioner of Sylhet police, Rahamat Ullah, endorsed the detentions and said the trio were held from a pro-hartal procession in the city.
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