The BNP has deferred the countrywide hartal it had called for today to tomorrow.

The party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi informed journalists of the party's decision through a virtual press briefing yesterday.

The reason behind the deferment is because the country will observe a one-day state mourning today for the death of Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Saturday, he said.

BNP and like-minded parties will therefore enforce the hartal tomorrow, Rizvi added.