Half-day hartal observed in Bhairab, Kuliarchar

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BHAIRAB, Nov 10 (bdnews24.com): All shops and businesses in Kishoreganj's Bhairab and Kuliarchar upazilas were shut down Tuesday in observance of a half-day hartal.
A citizen's group enforced the strike protesting the burning of an effigy of president Md Zillur Rahman at Kishoreganj district headquarters last week and in support of the government's move to create the proposed new district of Bhairab.
All educational institutions, offices and banks in the two upazilas kept their doors shut in observance of the hartal.
The citizen's group also held a protest rally after the hartal in Bhairab town's Durjoy crossing.
Md Sirajuddin, convener of the citizen's group, and Bhairab Upazila Awami League acting president, blasted the burning of the president's effigy and demanded punishment of those responsible.
Bhairab police chief Shahjahan Kabir said no untoward incident took place during the hartal.
Picketers put barricades on roads during the strike by burning tyres, disrupting road communication between Bhairab and Dhaka, Sylhet and Kishoreganj.
The shutdown also disrupted rail communication.