Nationwide blockade enters 2nd day

The three-day nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP and like minded parties, entered the second day today (Wednesday).

The protest programme began at 6am Tuesday and it will end at 6pm on Thursday if it is not extended further.

The first day of the protest programme was observed by torching a few buses in the capital.

Dhaka's bus connectivity with other parts of the country was badly disrupted on the first day of the three-day nationwide blockade as almost no bus left Gabtoli, Sayedabad and Mohakhali bus stands due to scarcity of passengers.

Two BNP men were killed and over 40 people, including 15 police personnel, were injured in a clash between party men and police in Chhoysuti Bus Stand area in Kishoreganj's Kuliarchar upazila on Tuesday morning.

Several people were injured when BNP activists clashed with police and ruling Awami League men in separate areas of Bogura.

At least three police personnel were injured during a clash between law enforcers and BNP men in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj.

Police detained three Jubo Dal activists who were caught vandalising two buses, one of which belongs to a school, in Dhaka's Dhamrai.

A Jubo Dal leader died after suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident in Sylhet while he was fleeing a agitation spot.

Two platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were deployed in Barishal city.

Three BNP activists were detained after a clash broke out between party men and police.

Arsonists torched two buses in port city's Baizid and Epz areas.

The nationwide blockade enforced by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami heavily disrupted the movement of essential products and import-export goods across the country on Tuesday.