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DAWN TO DUSK HARTAL TODAY

'Bombs blasted to divert attention from demands'

Staff Correspondent
The main opposition Awami League (AL), left-leaning 11-party alliance, and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Inu) enforce a countrywide dawn to dusk hartal today, protesting the August 17 blasts.
Leaders of AL and its allies yesterday called upon the countrymen to observe the shutdown programme.
Addressing a rally in city's Muktangon, they blasted the government for its 'failure' to crack down on the Islamist militants.
The opposition combine comprising AL, components of the left 11-party alliance, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), and National Awami Party (NAP) organised the rally to mobilise public support in favour of today's hartal.
The opposition leaders alleged that the government had masterminded Wednesday's near-simultaneous blasts across the country to divert the attention of the
people from the issue of reforms in caretaker government and electoral systems.
AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil said the militants would not have succeeded in executing such coordinated explosions, had there been no backing of the government.
He called on the people to unite in opposition to the alliance government and make today's hartal successful.
Workers Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon said the constitution, rule of law, and the judiciary are under threat as the extremist forces in the country have been continuing to thrive with the government organs on their side for the last three years.
Menon said through Wednesday's bomb blasts the Islamist militant groups have in fact flexed their muscles.
JSD President Hasanul Haque Inu told the rally that the AL-led 14-party alliance is ready to face the militant forces politically.
AL Presidium Member Abdur Razzak said the radical forces, which do politics in the name of religion, must be resisted.
Presided over by Azizul Islam Khan, acting president of Gonotantri Party, the rally was addressed among others by AL Presidium Member Amir Hossain Amu, Workers Party General Secretary Bimal Biswas and other senior AL and 11-party leaders.
A procession was brought out after the rally. It paraded different city streets.