Plainclothes police detained BNP vice-chairman Selima Rahman from her Gulshan residence on Tuesday evening. A team of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police picked up the BNP leader from her house at about 7:05pm, said DB sources. Selima Rahman was arrested within an hour after she held a press conference at her residence from where she announced that the opposition’s ongoing 48-hour hartal be extended by 12 hours until 6pm Wednesday. – UNB
