The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has sent a letter to foreign embassies in Dhaka, blaming the government and police force for the incidents of violence surrounding its Nayapaltan grand rally on October 28.

The letter was sent to the embassies on Monday (October 30), BNP source said. 

In the letter, the party also informed foreign diplomats of the current political situation in the country.

The letter was sent by BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on behalf of the party.

Earlier on October 28, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir suspended the grand rally in the capital's Nayapaltan and announced the hartal.

BNP claimed that the rally was suspended as police fired rubber bullets, flash grenades and lobbed tear gas shells, forcing the BNP leaders and activists to leave the rally venue.

BNP, Jamaat and like-minded parties observed the dawn to dusk countrywide hartal on Sunday in protest of the recent police action during the party's Nayapaltan rally.

The three-day nationwide blockade called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami started today (October 31) morning.

BDST: 1107 HRS, OCT 31, 2023
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