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Stray incidents mark day-long hartal

By Staff Correspondent
A dawn io dusk hartal wc ross Hie country, nt1ed ky ihe itMjw opposition pariie* p» •ted off yesterday with stray Incident* of bomb blast* clashes and picketing disrupt in normal IHr
Awami League Jatiya Party and Jamaal e IsUrM called ihe hartal to press their demand for resignation af ihe govern-
ment and early rtecUons under a neutral caretaker guv
.Hartal entanisrrs »uld that thin programme was observed m different area* of the country ineluding Chlllago^g. Rajshaln Khulna. Sylliet and BteiaM
Bus and train communira-tions were disrupted during tin hartal period a* opposition miivlsls put up barricades and detained train* and road transports at different places in the country.
.About hall a dozen domrsuc flights were delayed, according to Biman officials.
They said that a Dhaka Calcutta flight was also de
layrd
tn the capital normal Hie •Ma affected during the shutdown which started frtsn fl Mlh. Utllvcruilrs. sciiool* sial lollcgr*. ptlvair others, shop* and market place* remained dosed
Except rickshaws, all sons of vehicle* remained off the sirtvts of Dhaka tuner picket* rtemonslratrd at different road inierseclions
Banks and pther financial . inatituifona operated behind t'fosed doors' while atimdaiMe in government offices was poor
During tire khuidown crude bombs exploded in different areas Hanai supporter* dam aged many ol the nckshaws that defied the iiartal call
Police arrested mtn per. son* from Motljheel. Utiara and Mbfiflwg). area. in connec-dioh with those
Contingents of police were posted at Important points in the city while para military BDR pal rotted (hr »treet*.
' Awami League Jubo Sung had and Juliya Chhatra Samaj held separate rallies in front of the Jatlya Press Club during the hartal hours white Jamaat held a rally near the north • gate of the Baitul Mukarram Mosque.
Our staff correspondent in Chittagong reported that the delivery of goods from ihe port lo outside desHnatiotis was . suspended but cargo handling Inside the- port continued normally during the hartal I tours
The export procession zone at Patenga suffered production loss due to poor attendance of workers.
Most of the mills and facto ties In Kalurhat. Sitakunda and Nasirnbad areas couM not op-
Bangladesh Railway officials said trains operated normally in Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhel routes But more than half a dozen trains In other routes were detained by pickets they saM
In the western zone, trains operated only up to Jessore and no train left or entered Khulna city during the hartal period
Our correspondent In Narayanganj MW the hartal passed off peacefully In the town. Jute and cotton mills Including Adamjee Jute Mills operated normally and train service from and to Dhaka wag undisturbed.
Our Staff Correspondent from Sylhet. adds: A day tong ■ hartal was obaerved throughout the four districts of greater Sylhet region today paralysing the civic life totally Almost all commercial establishments educational institutions and commercial banks were totally closed