The Dhaka Times Desk The 18-party alliance led by BNP has called for a 60-hour nationwide strike from Monday to Wednesday, November 4-6.
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced this Saturday morning at the political office of opposition leader and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in Gulshan. He announced this after the meeting at the Secretary General level of the alliance.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said in a press conference that there is no alternative to a non-partisan neutral government to conduct free, fair and acceptable elections. 18 groups have decided to go on a general strike to realize this demand.
He demanded the government to hold elections under a non-partisan neutral government and said that the government will accept their just demand very soon. Otherwise, acting secretary general of BNP, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reiterated that the movement will continue with the strictest.