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Bangladeshi opposition calls 48-hour strike from Monday morning

Xinhua, March 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Bangladesh's main opposition alliance has called another round of nationwide strike from Monday morning demanding safe return of a leader who went missing several weeks ago.

Spokesman of two-time ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Barkat Ullah Bulu, made the strike announcement through a press release on Sunday.

On Saturday BNP announced that it will stage demonstrations across the country Sunday in protest against the disappearance of the party's Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed.

Ahmed's family alleged some plainclothes men showed identity cards of the Detective Branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police and picked up him from a house in Dhaka March 10.

But police officially denied of arresting Ahmed who was made BNP spokesman following arrest of another top party leader.

Demanding necessary steps for getting back Ahmed, BNP had earlier also enforced several round of strikes since his disappearance amid its ongoing blockade campaign.

Bulu, also a BNP joint secretary general, said the strike will start at 6:00 a.m. Monday and would continue till 6:00 a.m. local time Wednesday.

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka and southeastern seaport city Chittagong will remain out of the purview of strike due to the city corporation polls slated for April 28, he added.

Khaleda Zia's 20-party opposition alliance has been observing the nonstop blockade across the country since Jan. 5, demanding fresh elections under a non-party caretaker government system. Endi