KHULNA. Oct 9: A half-day hartal called by the Islam! Chhatra Shiblr was observed here peacefully

The ICS called the hartal to protest the killing of three of their activists on September 20 last in Khulna.

All the road side shops, private offices, autonomous bodies. banks. Insurance companies and educational institutions remained closed during the hartal. All types of vehicles including bus services to and from Khulna were suspended.

However, rickshaws started plying on the city streets after ten In the morning. But all mills and factories at Khalishpur, Daulatpur. Atra and Rupsha industrial areas functioned as usual. Government and semigovernment offices were open. No untoward incident was reported.

On September 20 last. Abdul. Halim, general secretary of the BL College, and Amanullah a student of the Alia Madrassah were killed by a group of youngmen. Rahrnat All. another injured person, succumbed later in Dhaka.