The BNP has announced a nationwide hartal on Monday (December 18) to press home their demands for the resignation of the current government and the restoration of a caretaker government.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a virtual press briefing on Saturday (December 16).

The hartal will be enforced from 6am on Monday, he added. 

BNP, Jamaat and like-minded parties have so far observed blockades in the 11th phase to mount pressure on the Awami League government to quit power and hold the next election under a non-partisan administration.

Apart from BNP, the Jamaat-e-Islami, Ganatantra Mancha, Liberal Democratic Party, Gono Odhikar Parishad, AB Party and other like-minded parties also observed hartal and blockade in several times to mount pressure on the AL government to quit power and hold the next election under a non-partisan administration.

BDST: 1858 HRS, DEC 16, 2023
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