Hartal ends in Sylhet

The Andalan has been agitating for scrapping the vested property law for the last four months.

Sylhet Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, also the convenor of the Andalan, announced the 50-day programme at a big rally held at the Court Point area in the city.

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The programme includes mass contact, sit-in, token hunger strike, rallies at upazila and union levels, exchange of views with professional groups and human chain from October 17 to December 4.

Further course of agitation would be announced at a press conference in the National Press Club in Dhaka on December 5 in presence of national political parties, the mayor said.

During the hartal, all modes of motorised vehicles were off the streets. However, some rickshaws plied. Attendance in government and private offices was poor while no class was held in the educational institutions.

The speakers in the rally said the agitation would be given a national shape soon since it was a problem being faced nationally.

The Arpita Sampatti Ain Protirodh Andalan (vested property law resistance movement) was formed after a part of the historic 'Singha Bari' was leased out illegally to an influential quarter four months ago.