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Chhatra Shakti has announced a protest program at the University of Dhaka in protest of the attack on NCP leaders in Habiganj. The protest march will be held tonight. In a statement, Chhatra Shakti said the protest rally will be held “to protest the attack on the convoy of NCP leaders during the July march yesterday and the imposition of Section 144 and police obstruction to today's centrally announced program, which amount to the reestablishment of a fascist system of rule, and to demand...

Police have blocked the convoy of central leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) from entering Habiganj after Section 144 was imposed. The convoy includes NCP Chief Organizer for the South and Member of Parliament Hasnat Abdullah, Chief Organizer for the North Sarjis Alam, Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari and several other leaders. Police stopped the convoy at the Satgaon entry point to Habiganj from Moulvibazar at around 4:45 pm Wednesday. An argument is ongoing between police and NCP...

Habiganj remains tense despite the imposition of Section 144 over rival programs announced by the National Citizen Party (NCP) and the BNP. In response to the situation, three platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to maintain law and order. From 4:30 pm Wednesday, BGB personnel began patrolling several key areas of the district headquarters. Police officers have also been deployed at more than 50 points. Lieutenant Colonel Tanzilur Rahman, commanding officer of 55 BGB, tol...