14-party calls dawn-to-dusk hartal for tomorrow
Staff Correspondent
The 14-party opposition alliance will enforce a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal tomorrow protesting the killing of an Awami League (AL) activist at Mohakhali during their countrywide blockade programme yesterday. Criticising the government's stance of resisting the people's movement, Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday at her Dhanmondi office urged people to make the hartal programme successful. The AL will also bring out mourning processions across the country at 4:00pm today in remembrance of Golam Mostafa Milon, allegedly killed in police excess yesterday. The namaj-e-janaja of Golam Mostafa will be held at 12:00pm today in front of the AL Central Office at Bangabandhu Avenue. The 14-party leaders and activists will bring out a mourning procession from Muktangon and head to the Central Shaheed Minar. The four-party alliance government has become hostile, as it has realised that it would not be able to hold on to power for much long. "That is why they have started killing people," Hasina said alleging that the ruling party's hired goons killed Sub-inspector Abul Bashar yesterday. Condemning the killings of Bashar and Milon, she said a police personnel had to die just to keep a corrupt family in power. "They [The ruling parties] have been looting people's money over the years and now they are killing people so that no one can protest against them," said Hasina. Urging people to be aware about the activities of the government, Hasina said, "The more they kill, the more people there will be protesting against them." "The government has no other options and it has to accept the 14-party's reform proposal or resign," she said. The people of the country have been suffering a lot due to the price hike of essentials and insecurity of life and property, and terrorism, Hasina added.
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