BNP Called Hartal
50 injured in districts in clashes, police action
Over 50 people were injured in clashes between pro and anti-hartal activists and police action in different districts during yesterday's countrywide hartal enforced by main opposition BNP.
Law enforcers detained around 150 people on charge of picketing.
Chittagong
Police detained 21 people for picketing in different areas of the city. Motor vehicles remained off the road although rickshaws plied the city streets. Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists, however, ran six city service buses from Bahodderhat to Agrabad under police escort between 11:00am to 2:00pm. Delivery to and from Chittagong port could not be made. However, activities inside the port continued with loading and unloading of 14 vessels, said Chittagong Port Authority Secretary Syed Farhad Uddin Ahmed. Operations of all Biman flights to and from Chittagong were normal, said Biman Bangladesh Station Manager Bazlul Kabir Solaimani. Chittagong city unit of BNP held rallies in front of its office in the morning and at Kazir Dewry Intersection in the afternoon. Rangamati
At least 20 people, including three policemen, were injured in sporadic incidents between pro-hartal pickets and ruling party men at different upazila headquarters yesterday. In Longudu, seven BNP workers were injured when the ruling party activists attacked their procession, police said. Three policemen were also injured during the incident. BCL men injured three picketers of BNP in Baghaichhari. Five people in Kawkhali and six others in Naniachar upazila were injured in clashes between AL and BNP during the hartal. Kishoreganj
Police arrested 18 people including Hossainpur Pourasava BNP convener Mahbubur Rahman in Kishoreganj following ransacking of Hossainpur Upazila AL office by pro-hartal activists. AL activists also attacked and ransacked houses of local BNP leaders Rafiqul Islam and Dr Abul Kalam. Khulna
Police picked up two BNP and two JCD activists on charge of picketing at different points in the divisional headquarters. However, the hartal did not hamper cargo-handling operations at Mongla port. Sylhet
Police picked up 25 JCD and Jubo Dal men from different areas of Biswanath, Balaganj and Dakshin Surma upazilas during hartal hours yesterday. Police also arrested eight pickets on Saturday night and yesterday morning from Moulvibazar town. About 10 JCD men sustained minor injuries as their procession came under a sudden attack by BCL activists near the main gate of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) during hartal hours yesterday afternoon. Rajshahi
Police arrested two pickets from Gourhanga Rail Crossing area where the picketers damaged a rickshaw and threw stones on vehicles. Police also detained one in Chapainawabganj town as pickets ransacked a truck and a three-wheeler at Fire Brigade intersection in the morning. BNP joint secretary Mizanur Rahman Minu led a procession in Shaheb Bazar and Sonadighi areas while district BNP president Nadim Mostafa held a rally at Nawhata in Paba upazila. Backed by police, local Awami League men kept the main streets under control, however, no vehicles except bicycles and rickshaws plied the roads. Rajshahi mayor and AL leader AHM Khairuzzaman Liton led processions at Gourhanga, Shaheb Bazar and Kumarpara areas. Lalmonirhat
At least 15 people were injured during chase and counter-chase between pro and anti-hartal activists in different areas of Lalmonirhat yesterday. Police arrested five BNP workers for picketing. Police charged batons and lobbed tear shells to disperse the pickets as they vandalized several vehicles including one of Lalmonirhat ADC (General) at Mohendra Nagar area. Bogra
In the morning five people including a police constable were injured when pro and anti-hartal activists and police got involved in clashes in Sahjahanpur upazila of the district. The hartal supporters also set fire on two vehicles. Police fired ten rounds of tear cells and arrested five pro-hartal activists from the spot. Narsingdi
At least three people were injured when pickets threw brickbats at a Kishoreganj- bound train at Basail level crossing in Narsingdi. Seriously injured Nur Jahan Begum, 50, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Incidents of damaging vehicles by pro-hartal men and arrest by police occurred at different other places including Barisal, Chandpur, Pabna, Rangpur, Sirajganj, Maizdi Bazar in Noakhali, Thakurgaon town, Magura, Cox's Bazar and Gazipur.
Police detained 21 people for picketing in different areas of the city. Motor vehicles remained off the road although rickshaws plied the city streets. Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists, however, ran six city service buses from Bahodderhat to Agrabad under police escort between 11:00am to 2:00pm. Delivery to and from Chittagong port could not be made. However, activities inside the port continued with loading and unloading of 14 vessels, said Chittagong Port Authority Secretary Syed Farhad Uddin Ahmed. Operations of all Biman flights to and from Chittagong were normal, said Biman Bangladesh Station Manager Bazlul Kabir Solaimani. Chittagong city unit of BNP held rallies in front of its office in the morning and at Kazir Dewry Intersection in the afternoon. Rangamati
At least 20 people, including three policemen, were injured in sporadic incidents between pro-hartal pickets and ruling party men at different upazila headquarters yesterday. In Longudu, seven BNP workers were injured when the ruling party activists attacked their procession, police said. Three policemen were also injured during the incident. BCL men injured three picketers of BNP in Baghaichhari. Five people in Kawkhali and six others in Naniachar upazila were injured in clashes between AL and BNP during the hartal. Kishoreganj
Police arrested 18 people including Hossainpur Pourasava BNP convener Mahbubur Rahman in Kishoreganj following ransacking of Hossainpur Upazila AL office by pro-hartal activists. AL activists also attacked and ransacked houses of local BNP leaders Rafiqul Islam and Dr Abul Kalam. Khulna
Police picked up two BNP and two JCD activists on charge of picketing at different points in the divisional headquarters. However, the hartal did not hamper cargo-handling operations at Mongla port. Sylhet
Police picked up 25 JCD and Jubo Dal men from different areas of Biswanath, Balaganj and Dakshin Surma upazilas during hartal hours yesterday. Police also arrested eight pickets on Saturday night and yesterday morning from Moulvibazar town. About 10 JCD men sustained minor injuries as their procession came under a sudden attack by BCL activists near the main gate of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) during hartal hours yesterday afternoon. Rajshahi
Police arrested two pickets from Gourhanga Rail Crossing area where the picketers damaged a rickshaw and threw stones on vehicles. Police also detained one in Chapainawabganj town as pickets ransacked a truck and a three-wheeler at Fire Brigade intersection in the morning. BNP joint secretary Mizanur Rahman Minu led a procession in Shaheb Bazar and Sonadighi areas while district BNP president Nadim Mostafa held a rally at Nawhata in Paba upazila. Backed by police, local Awami League men kept the main streets under control, however, no vehicles except bicycles and rickshaws plied the roads. Rajshahi mayor and AL leader AHM Khairuzzaman Liton led processions at Gourhanga, Shaheb Bazar and Kumarpara areas. Lalmonirhat
At least 15 people were injured during chase and counter-chase between pro and anti-hartal activists in different areas of Lalmonirhat yesterday. Police arrested five BNP workers for picketing. Police charged batons and lobbed tear shells to disperse the pickets as they vandalized several vehicles including one of Lalmonirhat ADC (General) at Mohendra Nagar area. Bogra
In the morning five people including a police constable were injured when pro and anti-hartal activists and police got involved in clashes in Sahjahanpur upazila of the district. The hartal supporters also set fire on two vehicles. Police fired ten rounds of tear cells and arrested five pro-hartal activists from the spot. Narsingdi
At least three people were injured when pickets threw brickbats at a Kishoreganj- bound train at Basail level crossing in Narsingdi. Seriously injured Nur Jahan Begum, 50, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Incidents of damaging vehicles by pro-hartal men and arrest by police occurred at different other places including Barisal, Chandpur, Pabna, Rangpur, Sirajganj, Maizdi Bazar in Noakhali, Thakurgaon town, Magura, Cox's Bazar and Gazipur.
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