PABNA: District BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) for Saturday protesting remand order of five top BNP leaders, including Shimul Biswas.

District BNP general secretary Habibur Rahman Tota confirmed the matter on Thursday.

Shimul Biswas, special assistant to the BNP chairperson, hailed from the Pabna district.

Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court placed five top leaders of opposition BNP on an eight-day remand for police interrogation in two cases filed with the city’s Motijheel Police Station.

BDST: 1625 HRS, NOV 14, 2013
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