Staff Reporter :
Left-leaning political parties have called countrywide half-day shutdown (hartal) on November 30, protesting power tariff hike.
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) and other left-leaning political parties announced the decision in a press release issued on Thursday evening.
The decision of enforcing the shutdown came hours after the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) yesterday announced that an average increase of power tariff by 5.3 percent or Tk 0.35 per unit will come into effect from December.
The six-hour long strike will start at 6:00am and continue till 12:00pm, according to the press release.
