Bangladesh opposition calls hartal for Monday

DHAKA, Dec. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk strike for Monday in protest against a rally ban  .
Acting Secretary General of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Saturday evening announced the strike program from a press briefing.
Gazipur’s local administration has imposed an indefinite ban on political rallies in the Gazipur district from Friday in the wake of growing tension over the ruling and the opposition parties’ announcement of holding rallies at the same venue on Saturday.
Khaleda Zia’s BNP -led alliance has been waging mass protests demanding for the fresh national elections in the country under a non-party caretaker government.