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
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

• Interactive visualizations of Bangladesh's four decades of hartals' compounded impact on its economy.

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. News: A country of hartals. The Daily Star. M. Shamsur Rabb Khan. April 11, 2013.
4. 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.
5. News: Shibir calls strike to protest leader's arrest . bdnews24.com . 2013-03-31.
6. News: BNP calls 36-hour strike . bdnews24.com . 2013-04-07.
7. News: Violence mars Shibir strike . bdnews24.com.
8. News: 1 dead in Khulna clashes . bdenews24.com.
9. 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 .
10. 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.
11. 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 .
12. News: Fifth round of blockade from today . 2023-12-30 . The Financial Express . en.
13. News: All parties are paid servants: Oli Ahmed . Somoy News . 2023-12-29.
14. News: 2023-11-20 . BNP announces fresh 48-hour blockade from Wednesday . 2023-12-30 . The Daily Star . en.
15. News: BNP's hartal now deferred to Tuesday . Dhaka Tribune . 2023-12-17.