The traders were returning to their neighbourhood after buying vegetables from the wholesale market in Manikganj’s Jaagir.
NDF calls daylong shutdown for Tuesday demanding Latif Siddique's arrest
Newly-formed political alliance, the National Democratic Front (NDF) has called for dawn to dusk countrywide strike for Tuesday demanding former minister Abdul Latif Siddique's arrest.
Published : 24 Nov 2014, 11:57 AM
Updated : 24 Nov 2014, 11:58 AM
Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Nilu
In a statement, NDF Chairman Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Nilu announced the programme demanding Siddique's arrest by Monday.
"A countrywide strike will be enforced tomorrow if Latif Siddique is not arrested by today (Monday)," NDF's member secretary Alamgir Majumder told bdnews24.com on Monday.
Former telecoms minister Siddique, axed from Cabinet as well as Awami League for saying he was opposed to Hajj, returned home by an Air India flight on Sunday night.
He has been accused of hurting religious sentiments in a flurry of cases filed across the country after he made the remark in a discussion in New York in September. There are also warrants out for his arrest.
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