The fifth spell of a 48-hour countrywide blockade was declared by the BNP and its allies, demanding the government’s resignation before the next general election started at 6am today (November 15).

It comes as three buses were set ablaze Tuesday night in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

BNP -minded parties have enforced a fresh two-day blockade across the country from 6:00am today (November 12).

The opposition parties, who enforced eleven days of blockade in four phases since October 31, called the blockade of road, rail and waterways demanding resignation of the government and general election under a non-party administration.

Earlier in the day, the Fire Service said 154 arson attacks took place across the country from October 28 to November 13 amid hartals and nationwide blockades imposed by BNP-Jamaat and their like-minded political parties.

Of the total attacks, 116 occurred in Dhaka division, including 82 in the capital city.

BDST: 0815 HRS, NOV 15, 2023
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