Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday called a dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal for Monday demanding cancelation of the next general election schedule, resignation of the Awami League government, and handover power to a party-neutral election-time caretaker administration for holding the next national poll.

 
Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, announced the fresh programma at a virtual press briefing on Saturday (Dec 16).

 
The hartal will be started at 6:00am on Monday and will be ended Monday evening, he said.

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday called a dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal for Monday demanding cancelation of the next general election schedule, resignation of the Awami League government, and handover power to a party-neutral election-time caretaker administration for holding the next national poll.