The Left Democratic Alliance (LDA), a coalition of eight left-leaning political parties, called for the half-day hartal on 28 March protesting the price hike of daily essentials commodities
The Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) supporters today blocked the capital's Paltan area during the on-going half-day hartal called by the left-leaning political parties protesting the price hike of daily essentials commodities.
Police baton-charged on the hartal supporters, used water cannon, and shot tear shells to disperse them.
Earlier in the day, the LDA supporters staged a procession at Dhaka University's TSC area and the adjacent Shahbag area.
"We can't accept this abnormal rise in commodity prices, the lower and middle-class people have their back leaning against the wall, so we are staging a movement on the streets," Shovon Rahman, general secretary of the Socialist Students' Front told media.
The strikers later blocked the roads near Shahbag. However, they left one side of the road open after 8 am.
"20 LDA supporters have been arrested across the country during the strike, while 100 were left injured in attacks by police," said LDA Coordinator Saiful Haque, calling for protest across the country tomorrow over the arrests and attacks.
The LDA, a coalition of eight left-leaning political parties, called for the half-day hartal on 28 March protesting the price hike of daily essentials and demanding issuing of ration cards for the people in need.
