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.

April 25, 2016

Dhaka traffic suffers in hartal

Students’ blockade protesting the murder of Tonu at Shahbagh intersection, one of the major intersections in Dhaka, created acute traffic congestion in the capital.

April 25, 2016

Shahbagh blocked during students’ hartal for Tonu

Student bodies blockade Dhaka's key intersection Shahbagh ‎to begin the countrywide hartal clamped protesting government's failure to arrest the killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.

April 23, 2016

Torch march for Tonu tomorrow, hartal the day after

Students will march with torch tomorrow in favour of the countrywide hartal on April 25 protesting government’s failure to catch the killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.

April 20, 2016

Tonu killing: HC bench drops plea for judicial enquiry

For the second time in two days, a High Court bench drops a writ petition that sought a judicial enquiry into the murder of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.

April 19, 2016

Hartal progresses in Thanchi over killing of 3 cattle traders

The daylong hartal, enforced by Bangali Byabasaye, an organisation of businesspeople from Bengali settlers, protesting the killing of three cattle traders, who were kidnapped by miscreants here on Friday, is going on peacefully in Thanchi upazila.

April 7, 2016

Tonu killing: Students threaten hartal Apr 25

Students have threatened a half-day countrywide hartal for April 25 if killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu are not arrested. Also, they have threatened to pull down the government if it remains indifferent in regard to serving justice for Tonu – the girl who was found dead near Comilla cantonment on March 20.

March 28, 2016