BNP\\\'s daylong hartal in Rangpur div today
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
RANGPUR, Jan 6 (UNB): Local BNP called a daylong hartal in eight districts under Rangpur division for Wednesday protesting the arrest of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Asadul Habib Dulu, organizing secretary of Rangpur division unit BNP, announced the hartal at the party office in Rangpur district town on Tuesday.
The eight districts are Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh.
Earlier, Detectives on Tuesday afternoon picked up BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhru Islam Alamgir after his overnight stay inside the Jatiya Press Club due to 'security concern'.