Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has again announced a fresh 48 hours blockade from Wednesday (November 22) demanding free, fair, neutral and participatory election and release of the party leaders and activists.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a virtual press briefing this afternoon (November 20).

After a rally on October 28 that was foiled by clashes with law enforcement, the BNP called a hartal the next day and subsequently announced a three-day countrywide blockade to protest attacks on its gathering and arrest of its senior leaders.

The fifth phase of the blockade started at 6am on Wednesday and continued till Friday 6am.

Following a brief pause over the weekend, the BNP and its like-minded parties held a two-day-long hartal to press home their demands that will end Tuesday morning..

BDST: 1735 HRS, NOV 20, 2023
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