BGB deployed ahead of Jamaat’s 48-hr hartal

Border Guard Bangladesh has been deployed in Dhaka as well as several other places in the county as a security measure ahead of Jamaat-e-Islami’s 48 hour hartal starting from Wednesday.

BGB was deployed on Tuesday evening to uphold law and order situation, confirmed BGB public relations officer Mohsin Reza through a short message service (SMS).

International Crimes Tribunal-1 is going to announce the stayed verdict in a case filed against Motiur Rahman Nizami on charges of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

On Sunday, the Islamic party announced a 24-hour strike for Thursday protesting the capital punishment of its policymaker Mir Quasem Ali for war crimes.

On Monday, it called another 24-hour hartal for Wednesday protesting the verdict of the Supreme Court that upheld the death penalty of its assistant secretary general M Kamaruzzaman.