List of hartals in Bangladesh explained
This is a list of hartals (labour strikes or collective actions) occurring in Bangladesh (including East Pakistan).
List
Date | Total days | Hartal called by | Reason | Casualties and damage | Notes |
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1962 – 1971 | 15[1] | | | | then East Pakistan |
1972 – 1975 | 5 | | | | |
1981 – 1987 | 59 | | | | |
1991 – 1996 | 266 | Awami League, called for hartal of unknown number of days | | | |
1996 – 2001 | 215 | BNP, called for 59-day hartal[2] | | | |
2001 – 2007 | Unknown | Bangladesh Awami League, called for 173-day hartal[3] | | | |
2008 – 2009 | Unknown | BNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Workers party, Awami League, called for 15-day hartal | | | |
2010 – 2013 April | Unknown | Awami League, called for 17-day hartal | | | |
2010-11-30 | 1 (all day)[4] | | Opposing Khaleda Zia's eviction after 30-year-long stay in military house | | 1193rd hartal in the history of Bangladesh |
2013-04-02 | 1 (all day)[5] | Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir | opposed to sending Delwar Hossain Sayeedi on police remand for questioning. | | |
2013-04-09 | 1 (all day)[6] | | protesting against courts sending its top 17 leaders to jail. | | |
2013-04-10 | 1 (all day) | | protesting against courts sending its top 17 leaders to jail. | | |
2013-04-11 | 1 (all day)[7] | Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir | to press for the release of Shibir President Delwar Hussen. | 1 person killed in khulna[8] | |
2013-04-23 | 1 (all day)[9] | BNP | demands for release of top leaders. | 10 people injured;[10] 5 buses torched on night before hartal. | |
2013-04-24 | 1 (all day)[11] | BNP | demands for release of top leaders. | | |
2013-11-26 to 28 | 3 | BNP | | | |
2023-11-15 | 3 | BNP[12] | to press for neutral polls. | | |
2023-11-19 | 2 | Labour Party[13] | | | |
2023-11-22 | 2 | BNP[14] | protesting the unveiling of the polls schedule by the Election Commission. | | |
2023-12-19 | 1 | BNP[15] | | | | |
External links
Notes and References
- News: Ariful Islam Mithu. 16 June 2011. So many hartals?. bdnews24.com. dead. 10 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121227133810/http://ns.bdnews24.com/blog/en/index.php/ariful-islam-mithu/644. 27 December 2012.
- Web site: HARTAL: As I look back. Mohammad T. Hussain. May 24, 2010. April 18, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021171545/http://www.untoldfacts.com/bangladesh/hartal-as-i-look-back/. October 21, 2013. dead.
- News: A country of hartals. The Daily Star. M. Shamsur Rabb Khan. April 11, 2013.
- Web site: Hartal again, 9 vehicles torched in Dhaka. Baadshahmintu. Nov 29, 2010. April 10, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130726195821/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7470852-hartal-again-9-vehicles-torched-in-dhaka. July 26, 2013. dead.
- News: Shibir calls strike to protest leader's arrest . bdnews24.com . 2013-03-31.
- News: BNP calls 36-hour strike . bdnews24.com . 2013-04-07.
- News: Violence mars Shibir strike . bdnews24.com.
- News: 1 dead in Khulna clashes . bdenews24.com.
- News: http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-04-21/news/346569 . bn:মঙ্গল ও বুধবার টানা হরতাল - প্রথম আলো . Prothom Alo . bn . 2013-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424000917/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-04-21/news/346569 . 2013-04-24 .
- News: Prothom Alo | Most popular bangla daily newspaper - Home. dead. 2013-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20130423092713/http://www.prothom-alo.com/home/date/2013-04-21. 2013-04-23.
- News: http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-04-21/news/346569 . bn:মঙ্গল ও বুধবার টানা হরতাল - প্রথম আলো . Prothom Alo . bn . 2013-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424000917/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-04-21/news/346569 . 2013-04-24 .
- News: Fifth round of blockade from today . 2023-12-30 . The Financial Express . en.
- News: All parties are paid servants: Oli Ahmed . Somoy News . 2023-12-29.
- News: 2023-11-20 . BNP announces fresh 48-hour blockade from Wednesday . 2023-12-30 . The Daily Star . en.
- News: BNP's hartal now deferred to Tuesday . Dhaka Tribune . 2023-12-17.