Hartal in Bhola on Thursday over JCD leader's death

A dawn-to-dusk hartal has been called in Bhola for Thursday protesting the death of district unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Nure Alam during a clash between police and BNP men.

Golam Nabi Alamgir, president of the district unit BNP, made the announcement in a rally protesting the death in front of the party office on Wednesday afternoon.

Earlier on Sunday, BNP men and police clashed in front of the district BNP office, leaving a leader of Swechchasebak Dal dead and more than 50 leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated organizations, including the district unit JCD president Nure Alam injured. 

At around 3:10 pm today, Nure Alam succumbed to his injuries at Comfort Hospital at Green Road in the capital of Dhaka.

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