72-hour roads, waterways blockade enforced in hill districts

A 72-hour roads and waterways blockade has been enforced in protest against the recent attacks, arson, and violence in Khagrachhari and Rangamati hill districts. No long-distance vehicles have left Khagrachhari, although some light vehicles were seen operating within the town as the day progressed, reports out Khagrachhari correspondent. Superintendent of Police of

BNP announces fresh 48-hour blockade from Sunday

The BNP and like-minded parties will again enforce a 48-hour fresh road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Sunday morning, giving a break for two days, to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). Party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up

BCL blockade halts classes, exams at CU

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) Chittagong University unit on Monday enforced a blockade on the campus as they were 'deprived of posts in the full committee of the unit'. A group of BCL leaders and activists started protest around 8 am and locked the main gate of the university,

Workers’ blockade snaps Dhaka’s rail link

Rail communications between Dhaka and other parts of the country remained snapped for an hour on Monday as a section of railway workers blocked the rail tracks at Tongi railway junction demanding reinstatement of their jobs. The blocked the rail tracks at 11:00am and lasted till 12:00pm. No trains left or