Strike in Gazipur Thursday

A general strike has been called in Gazipur for Thursday in protest against the arrest of BNP Standing Committee member ASM Hannan Shah.

Fazlul Haque Milon, the main opposition's Gazipur unit President, condemned his arrest and announced the dawn-to-dusk strike in a statement sent out around 9pm Monday.

He demanded Hannan Shah's immediate release.

Police arrested the senior BNP leader from the capital’s Baridhara, minutes before the Opposition called a 48-hour nationwide blockade rejecting the poll schedule announced by the Chief Election Commissioner, shortly before.