Let the truth be known: no one has any idea what’s going to happen to Bangladeshi politics.
istomorrowhartal.com, a 2015 website that offers timely information on hartals (strikes) and blockades in Bangladesh, has resurfaced again in 2023 in midst of the ongoing blockades. The service was initially set up during a period of frequent hartals by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and has recently updated its offerings to include information on the latest blockades by the same party.
There is no doubt that the country is heading towards a long-drawn confrontational politics ahead of the election.
In Dhaka, the designated streets occupied by BNP looked like a battlefield.
At least seven foreign missions in Bangladesh have issued a statement calling on all stakeholders to exercise restraint, refrain from violence and work together to create the conditions for free, fair, participatory and peaceful elections.
Saturday’s violence may only be a premonition of much worse days to come
No long-distance buses left or entered Dhaka since morning.
The six-hour hartal enforced by Bandarban district Awami League protesting the murder of its leader ends peacefully.
Sound bursts have been used to disperse pro-shutdown activists in Dhaka city, during a pro-left sponsored half-day hartal protesting retail power tariff hike. The hartal has had little observable effect on daily city life.
Chittagong Bar Association decided that the lawyers in Chittagong will attend courts for three hours during hartal days, a meeting of the Chittagong Bar Association decided
Hartal by 20 party alliance has been extended till 6:00am Friday demanding fresh election under a non-party administration
High Court issues a rule upon the government and political parties, in the country to explain in four weeks why blockade should not be declared unconstitutional
Miscreants torch seven vehicles in Dhaka and elsewhere leaving three injured
Authorities withdraw policemen deployed at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan-2 residence
At least four people, including a journalist, are burnt in a firebomb attack on a bus at Banasree in Dhaka
A Dhaka court issued a warrant allowing police to search BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office.
Miscreants exploded six crude bombs in front of the New Market in Dhaka injuring at least three people
The BNP-led 20-party alliance calls for UN supervised international investigation into what it said extra-judicial killings, human rights violations and firebomb attacks in the country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the armed forces to always remain alert like other forces of the country to protect the sacred constitution and maintain the continuation of democracy braving any threat.
