BNP calls half-day hartal in Rangpur for Wednesday

Local BNP has called a half-day hartal in the district for Wednesday demanding the release of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Habib–un-Nabi Khan Sohel and others and withdrawal of ‘false’ cases filed against them. District BNP convener Mazaffar Hossain announced the hartal call at a press conference at the party’s Grand Hotel crossing office in the city on Monday evening. On Sunday, two Dhaka courts sent the Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal chief to jail rejecting his bail petitions in 11 cases. Metropolitan Magistrates Mohammad Anwar Sadat and Rezaul Karim passed the orders when Sohel surrendered before their courts on completion of High Court bail granted to him. – UNB