Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- The countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike is progressing with the incidents of vandalism and blasts in the capital Sunday morning.
The BNP-led 18-party alliance called the shutdown on Friday protesting the latest fuel price hike.
Several vehicles were vandalised in the capital’s Mirpur and Jatrabari areas.
The vehicular movements are thin on the city streets.
Meanwhile, like other strike, generally known as hartal, days law enforcers virtually cordoned off the BNP’s head office at Nayapaltan in Dhaka since the morning, according to reports.
A huge contingent of law enforcers were deployed at all the key points of the capital to maintain law and order during hartal hours. Some 10,000 additional forces would remain deployed in the Dhaka Metropolitan area during the hartal hours, RAB officials and police said earlier.
Moreover, 10 mobile courts would remain vigilant across the capital to take immediate legal actions against anybody violating the laws.
Earlier, on the eve of strike on Saturday, at least seven vehicles were set on fire and 10 cocktails were exploded at different points of the capital.
BBN/SSR/AD-06Jan13-8:50 am (BST)
