The 7th phase of blockade enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies started on Sunday (November 26) morning demanding free, fair, neutral and participatory election and release of the party leaders and activists.

The latest blockade enforced from 6am Sunday (November 26) to 6am on Tuesday (November 28). 

The BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and other like-minded parties already observed blockades in six phases to mount pressure on the Awami League government to quit power and hold the next election under a non-partisan administration.

Recently, BNP also added hartals to its political programmes after the announcement of the polls schedule by the Election Commission on November 15.

Earlier on November 16, BNP called a 48-hour hartal across the country from November 19 to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the EC. 

The BNP and allies also observed the dawn to dusk countrywide hartal on October 29 in protest of the police action during the party's Naya Paltan rally.

BDST: 1015 HRS, NOV 26, 2023
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