Chittagong Bureau :
The people of Chittagong and its adjacent area ignored hartal through the plying their respective vehicles on the streets, opening shops during the countrywide hartal, enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance on fifth day since Sunday last.
The alliance called 3 days hartal from Sunday last which was extended for two days upto Thursday .
Members of the law enforcement agencies maintained a strong security vigil during the hartal period, police and eyewitness source said. Metropolitan and District police control room sources said there was no report of any untoward incident from any part of the city and district during the Hartal hours.
Police in separate drives detained 15 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from five different upazilas of the district on Tuesday and Wednesday .
A good number of vehicles mostly commuters’ services were seen plying on the city streets ignoring the BNP enforced hartal while a few small number of buses and heavy vehicles on the long distance routes plied with police escort during the hartal.
Most of the road side shops and markets were opened 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 personal vehicles was thin due to fear of possible vandalism and arson attack.
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 in some delayed.
Besides, the Hartal did not affect the domestic and international flights at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport and Chittagong sea port. Operational activities including loading and unloading of cargoes at ships inside the port and outer anchorage went on in full swing, sources said.
25 BNP-Jamaat-Shibir activists detained : Chittagong district police in a series of drives detained 25 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different upazilas of the district on Wednesday night and today.
Naimul Hasan, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district said police detained 25 activists in overnight raids at various places of Hathazari, Mirsari, Sitakunda, Lohagara and Satkhania Upazilas on Wednesday night and today.
Among the detainees, eight were Jamaat activists, nine Islami Chhatra Shibir activists and eight BNP activists, the police officer said adding that they were detained to prevent possible acts of sabotage during country-wide blockade enforced by BNP-led 20 party alliance.
The people of Chittagong and its adjacent area ignored hartal through the plying their respective vehicles on the streets, opening shops during the countrywide hartal, enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance on fifth day since Sunday last.
The alliance called 3 days hartal from Sunday last which was extended for two days upto Thursday .
Members of the law enforcement agencies maintained a strong security vigil during the hartal period, police and eyewitness source said. Metropolitan and District police control room sources said there was no report of any untoward incident from any part of the city and district during the Hartal hours.
Police in separate drives detained 15 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from five different upazilas of the district on Tuesday and Wednesday .
A good number of vehicles mostly commuters’ services were seen plying on the city streets ignoring the BNP enforced hartal while a few small number of buses and heavy vehicles on the long distance routes plied with police escort during the hartal.
Most of the road side shops and markets were opened 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 personal vehicles was thin due to fear of possible vandalism and arson attack.
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 in some delayed.
Besides, the Hartal did not affect the domestic and international flights at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport and Chittagong sea port. Operational activities including loading and unloading of cargoes at ships inside the port and outer anchorage went on in full swing, sources said.
25 BNP-Jamaat-Shibir activists detained : Chittagong district police in a series of drives detained 25 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different upazilas of the district on Wednesday night and today.
Naimul Hasan, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district said police detained 25 activists in overnight raids at various places of Hathazari, Mirsari, Sitakunda, Lohagara and Satkhania Upazilas on Wednesday night and today.
Among the detainees, eight were Jamaat activists, nine Islami Chhatra Shibir activists and eight BNP activists, the police officer said adding that they were detained to prevent possible acts of sabotage during country-wide blockade enforced by BNP-led 20 party alliance.
