Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the people to observe the country wide hartal today to register their protest against the misrule of the BNP government, reports UNB.

The eight-hour hartal was called by the Awami League to press for repealing the Indemnity Ordinance for the trial of the killers of Bangabandhu. holding trial of Golam Azam as war criminal, scrapping Anti Terrorism Act and reducing the prices of agri-inputs.

People are fed up by the two and a half-year rule of BNP ... The economy Is badly affected by unchecked corruption by the ruling party." Hasina said in a statement.

The opposition leader expressed concern at the politicisation of administration and nepotism pushing national institutions towards ruination.

Hasina said inefficient ruling of BNP discouraged foreign investment. put the economy in shambles and increased the problem of unemployment.