BNP’s 24-hour blockade underway with arson attacks

The latest 24-hour road-rail-waterway blockade, called by BNP, is underway across the country with reports of arson attacks.

Dhaka is witnessing usual traffic this morning despite the blockade.

Commuters were seen going to their respective destinations in a rush while activities at government and private offices were going on as usual.

Many students with guardians are going to their respective schools for their final exams.

A bus of Turag Paribahan was set on fire by miscreants at Dholaipar in Shyampur area of Dhaka at 5:30 am.

A total of 428 patrol teams of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order during the ongoing 24-hour rail, road and waterways blockade called by BNP.

BNP called for a daylong blockade today and a daylong hartal on Thursday to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC).

Party‍‍`s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement at a virtual press briefing on Monday.

Rizvi said the programmes are also meant to mount pressure on the government to quit, hold the next election under a non-party neutral government, and release BNP leaders and activists, including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.