Hartal

Politics of Fire

Let the truth be known: no one has any idea what’s going to happen to Bangladeshi politics.

This website tells you if there will be 'oborodh' tomorrow

istomorrowhartal.com, a 2015 website that offers timely information on hartals (strikes) and blockades in Bangladesh, has resurfaced again in 2023 in midst of the ongoing blockades. The service was initially set up during a period of frequent hartals by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and has recently updated its offerings to include information on the latest blockades by the same party.

BNP's options after the Oct 28 rally

There is no doubt that the country is heading towards a long-drawn confrontational politics ahead of the election.

Events of October 28 / Where do we go from here?

In Dhaka, the designated streets occupied by BNP looked like a battlefield.

7 foreign missions urge restraint following two days of violence

At least seven foreign missions in Bangladesh have issued a statement calling on all stakeholders to exercise restraint, refrain from violence and work together to create the conditions for free, fair, participatory and peaceful elections.

Compromise, not violence, must be the way out

Saturday’s violence may only be a premonition of much worse days to come

Hartal underway amid arson attacks

No long-distance buses left or entered Dhaka since morning.

AL leader murder: Bandarban hartal ends peacefully

The six-hour hartal enforced by Bandarban district Awami League protesting the murder of its leader ends peacefully.

Sound bursts used to thwart pro-hartal activists

Sound bursts have been used to disperse pro-shutdown activists in Dhaka city, during a pro-left sponsored half-day hartal protesting retail power tariff hike. The hartal has had little observable effect on daily city life.

October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017

JU to hold C unit entry test tomorrow amid hartal

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have decided to continue the ongoing entry test tomorrow for the 2017-18 academic session amid the countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami.

October 10, 2017
October 10, 2017

Jamaat calls countrywide hartal for Thursday

Jamaat-e-Islami calls countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday protesting arrest and remand of its ameer and top eight other leaders.

February 28, 2017
February 28, 2017

After hartal, leftists threaten to besiege ministry

After sponsoring a half-day shutdown in capital Dhaka; left-leaning political parties threaten to besiege the power ministry protesting the latest gas tariff hike.

May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016

Jamaat’s 24-hr hartal progressing peacefully

The 24-hour countrywide hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami is progressing peacefully with very little hindrance to public life.

May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016

HSC exams deferred for Jamaat hartal

As the Jamaat-e-Islami enforces a countrywide 24-hour hartal from 5:00am today over the execution of its chief Motiur

May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016

Tomorrow’s HSC exams moved to May 20 for hartal

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination scheduled for tomorrow is shifted to Friday, May 20, in view of the hartal sponsored by Jamaat-e-Islami.

May 8, 2016
May 8, 2016

14 hurt in Mirpur AL infighting

At least 14 people are injured in a clash between supporters of two ruling party lawmakers while bringing out an anti-hartal procession in Mirpur area of Dhaka.

May 8, 2016
May 8, 2016

24-hr hartal underway, Jamaat man held

An alleged activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was detained while trying to bring out a procession in Dhaka during the party-enforced 24-hour countrywide hartal.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

HSC exams rescheduled for hartal

The government reschedules the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for Sunday due to the 24-hour hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

Jamaat calls hartal for Sunday protesting death penalty to Nizami

Jamaat-e-Islami has called a 24-hour countrywide hartal (shutdown) for Sunday after the Supreme Court upheld death penalty awarded to the party’s chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for his 1971 war crimes.

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