No N\\\'ganj hartal after Taimur\\\'s bail
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called off its hartal (shutdown) call in Narayanganj for Thursday after BNP leader Taimur Alam Khandaker secured bail. On Tuesday afternoon Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim rejected a remand plea and granted bail to Taimur Alam Khandaker. He was arrested on Monday on charge of a breach of contract. A protest rally in Narayanganj on Tuesday demanded his release within 48 hours, failing which it threatened a dawn-to-dusk general strike in Narayanganj city. A former BRTC chairman, Taimur Alam Khandaker was detained in front of Meherba Plaza in Paltan area in a case filed by one Ruhul Arefin on September 11. He was taken to the Detective Branch office after his arrest, according to a news agency.