Hartal progressing peacefully in Ctg

 

A dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in greater Chittagong is progressing peacefully on Saturday.Around 25 Jamaat-Shibir men brought out a brisk procession in support of the hartal from 3rd Karnaphuli Bridge, on the outskirts of the city, and had disappeared within few minutes before the law enforcers reached the scene.No incident of violence was reported till 10:15am when this report was filed.
Jamaat enforced the daylong hartal in Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and three hill districts -- Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari -- under greater Chittagong after the party leaders had denied permission for holding a rally in the port city on Thursday.

The hartal however could not hamper the activities in the Chittagong Port.
Loading and unloading operation of 36 ships are going on at different jetties and outer anchorage, port authorities said.
A few numbers of public bus and microbus were seen plying on the city streets while rickshaws and three-wheelers are dominating the roads.
All educational institutions remain closed following the hartal but most of the roadside shops remained opened.
On Wednesday, the party announced that it would hold a rally in front of Anderkilla Shahi Jaam-e-Mosque, protesting killings of four Jamaat activists in Chittagong during its February 5 hartal. But the Chittagong Metropolitan Police had not given them permission.
Four people, including two pedestrians, were killed in clashes during the hartal enforced by Jamaat, said police sources, but Jamaat claims all of them belonged to the party.