BNP calls 48-hour blockade from Sunday

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called for a 48-hour blockade across the country starting at 6:00am on Sunday.

Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, joint secretary-general of the party, made the announcement through a virtual press conference from undisclosed location on Thursday evening.

Besides, the party will hold a special prayer for the salvation of the souls departed since the grand rally at Naya Paltan on 28 October.

Being attacked during the grand rally, the party enforced a dawn-to-dusk hartal on the following day.

Later, it called for a nationwide blockade programme from 31 October to 2 November.