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BNP announces fresh 48-hour blockade from Sunday

Politics

- Times Report - November 23, 2023

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

BNP-led opposition set to start third week of blockades tomorrow

- Times Report - November 11, 2023November 12, 2023

The BNP and like-minded opposition parties are set to enforce another spell of nationwide blockade of road, rail and waterways for 48 hours from Sunday morning, to mount pressure on the Awami League regime to quit and pave the way for the next election under a non-party neutral administration. The blockade

BCL blockade halts classes, exams at CU

National

- Times Report - September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

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

National

- Times Report - July 4, 2022July 4, 2022

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