Attack on Mps
Hartal called in Pabna, Nilphamari
Star Report
District Awami League (AL) units in Pabna and Nilphamari yesterday called half-day hartal for today in the districts protesting police assaults on their local lawmakers Mohammad Nasim and Asaduzzaman Noor during the opposition's siege of Prime Minister's Office in the capital.Our correspondent in Pabna reports: Pabna district AL at an urgent meeting yesterday evening announced the hartal from 6:00am to 12noon today. A protest rally was brought out yesterday evening in support of today's hartal. Pabna district AL Secretary Samsul Haque Tuku, Vice-President Abul Kalam Azad Babu, Joint-Secretary Abu Isahaq Shamim addressed the rally, among others. Our correspondent in Nilphamari writes: As soon as the news of police assault on senior opposition leaders reached the town, angry activists of district AL and its front organisations brought out a protest procession. They blocked the Dhaka-Nilphamari Highway at about 2:30pm for an hour. The AL activists also attacked and damaged some motorbikes. Police charged baton on them to break the barricade. Later, local AL leader Mushfiqul Haque Rintu announced the hartal programme at a rally held at the Smrity Amlan intersection in the town.
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