Sainik League calls hartal in Sylhet Sunday

By Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
25 May 2006, 18:00 PM
Sylhet district unit of Bangabandhu Sainik League called a dawn-to dusk hartal in the district on Sunday to protest attack its rally by the JCD men in the city Wednesday. Sainik League also called for withdrawal of finance minister's 'unwanted comments' about the people of Sylhet.

Jatyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), students' wing of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) foiled a Sainik League rally at the court point area in the city Wednesday.

BNP city unit also called a rally protesting 'vandalism and anarchy' in the capital and other places in the country.

About 40 JCD activists on motorbikes in a procession from Central Shaheed Minar ransacked the rally venue. They damaged the chairs, benches and the loudspeaker and foiled the rally.