36-hour strike by 18 groups on Tuesday and Wednesday

The Dhaka Times Desk The 18-party alliance led by BNP has called for a 36-hour strike across the country next Tuesday and Wednesday. The strike has been called for various demands, including the release of top BNP leaders. Apart from this, the 18-party alliance has announced to hold a protest rally in Dhaka on April 27.


Khandkar Mosharraf Hossain, a member of the party's standing committee, made this announcement in a press conference at BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office on Sunday (April 21). Before this, a meeting of the Secretary General level of the 18-party alliance was held.

It may be noted that three of the top leaders of BNP were granted bail in the afternoon in some cases. However, the court denied bail to the party's acting general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and seven top leaders.