Chittagong Bureau :
The first day of the two-day long hartal called by Jamaat Islami Bangladesh , received poor response in the city as elsewhere in the district yesterday.
Members of the law enforcement agencies maintained a strong security vigil during the hartal period , police and eyewitness source said. Jamaat Islami Bangladesh enforced 2-day long hartal across the country protesting the capital punishment to Asstt. Secretary General of Jamaat Azharul Islam by the ICT on Tuesday. The hartal will remain enforced from 6 am to 5pm on Wednesdsay and Thursday respectively.
Metropolitan and District police control room sources said there was no report of any untoward incident from any parts of the city and district during the hartal hours.on first day. Police and witnesses said that there were hardly any picketing and procession by the supporters during the shutdown. A good number of vehicles mostly commuters’ services were seen plying on the city streets while small number of buses and heavy vehicles on the long distance routes plied with police escort during the hartal.
Though academic activities in the educational institutions remained closed, attendance in the government and private offices was as usual. Rickshaws and battery-run three-wheelers were dominating the city streets while presence of motorized vehicles was thin due to fear of possible vandalism and arson attack. Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and its front organisations dominated almost all the city streets by holding rallies and bringing out processions.
Chittagong city unit President and former mayor A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury addressed a series of way side rallies where he said the hartal totally failed as the people of Chittagong rejected it. Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) authority sources said that operational activities inside the CEPZ went on in full swing and attendance of the workers was almost normal.
Chittagong Railway station sources said, all scheduled trains to and from the port city left and arrived as per schedule.Besides, the Hartal did not affect the domestic and international flights at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport, Bangladesh Biman sources said.Operational activities including loading and unloading of cargoes at ships inside the port and outer anchorage went on in full swing but transportation of export-import goods to and from the port jetty was hampered due to disruption in vehicular movements on the roads, port Secretary Jaker Hossain said.
The first day of the two-day long hartal called by Jamaat Islami Bangladesh , received poor response in the city as elsewhere in the district yesterday.
Members of the law enforcement agencies maintained a strong security vigil during the hartal period , police and eyewitness source said. Jamaat Islami Bangladesh enforced 2-day long hartal across the country protesting the capital punishment to Asstt. Secretary General of Jamaat Azharul Islam by the ICT on Tuesday. The hartal will remain enforced from 6 am to 5pm on Wednesdsay and Thursday respectively.
Metropolitan and District police control room sources said there was no report of any untoward incident from any parts of the city and district during the hartal hours.on first day. Police and witnesses said that there were hardly any picketing and procession by the supporters during the shutdown. A good number of vehicles mostly commuters’ services were seen plying on the city streets while small number of buses and heavy vehicles on the long distance routes plied with police escort during the hartal.
Though academic activities in the educational institutions remained closed, attendance in the government and private offices was as usual. Rickshaws and battery-run three-wheelers were dominating the city streets while presence of motorized vehicles was thin due to fear of possible vandalism and arson attack. Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and its front organisations dominated almost all the city streets by holding rallies and bringing out processions.
Chittagong city unit President and former mayor A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury addressed a series of way side rallies where he said the hartal totally failed as the people of Chittagong rejected it. Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) authority sources said that operational activities inside the CEPZ went on in full swing and attendance of the workers was almost normal.
Chittagong Railway station sources said, all scheduled trains to and from the port city left and arrived as per schedule.Besides, the Hartal did not affect the domestic and international flights at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport, Bangladesh Biman sources said.Operational activities including loading and unloading of cargoes at ships inside the port and outer anchorage went on in full swing but transportation of export-import goods to and from the port jetty was hampered due to disruption in vehicular movements on the roads, port Secretary Jaker Hossain said.
