Hartal passes off in Rangamati
The lash day of two-day dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Samo Odhikar Andolan (SOA), a platform of Bangalee settlers and its student front Parbatya Bangali Chhattra Parisahd (PBCP) yesterday passed off peacefully at Barkal upazila of the district. Waterway communication of Barkal with Rangamati district headquarters remained suspended during the shutdown. All kinds of business establishments, except for restaurants and medicine shops at Barkal upazila headquarters also were closed. Activists of both the organisations brought out processions in Suvalong and Bhusionchhara Bazaar areas. SOA and PBCP earlier called the hartal in protest of killing one of their activists by unknown criminals.
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