List of hartal in Bangladesh

This is a list of hartals (labour strikes or collective actions) occurring in Bangladesh (including East Pakistan).

List
Date (ymd)Total daysHartal called byReasonCasualties and damageNotes
1962 – 197115[1]then East Pakistan
1972 – 19755[1]
1981 – 198759[1]
1991 – 1996266[1]Awami League, called for hartal of unknown number of days
1996 – 2001215[1]BNP, called for 59-day hartal[2]
2001 – 2007UnknownBangladesh Awami League, called for 173-day hartal[3]
2008 – 2009UnknownBNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Workers party, Awami League, called for 15-day hartal[3]
2010 – 2013 AprilUnknownAwami League, called for 17-day hartal[3]
2010-11-301 (all day)[4]BNPOpposing Khaleda Zia's eviction after 30-year-long stay in military house1193rd hartal in the history of Bangladesh
2013-04-021 (all day)[5]Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibiropposed to sending Delwar Hossain Sayeedi on police remand for questioning.
2013-04-091 (all day)[6]BNPprotesting against courts sending its top 17 leaders to jail.
2013-04-101 (all day)[6]BNPprotesting against courts sending its top 17 leaders to jail.
2013-04-111 (all day)[7]Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibirto press for the release of Shibir President Delwar Hussen.1 person killed in khulna[8]
2013-04-231 (all day)[9]BNPdemands for release of top leaders.10 people injured;[10] 5 buses torched on night before hartal.
2013-04-241 (all day)[11]BNPdemands for release of top leaders.
2013-11-26 to 283BNP

References
  1. Ariful Islam Mithu (16 June 2011). "So many hartals?". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. Mohammad T. Hussain (May 24, 2010). "HARTAL: As I look back". Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  3. M. Shamsur Rabb Khan (April 11, 2013). "A country of hartals". The Daily Star.
  4. Baadshahmintu (Nov 29, 2010). "Hartal again, 9 vehicles torched in Dhaka". Archived from the original on July 26, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  5. "Shibir calls strike to protest leader's arrest". bdnews24.com. 2013-03-31.
  6. "BNP calls 36-hour strike". bdnews24.com. 2013-04-07.
  7. "Violence mars Shibir strike".
  8. "1 dead in Khulna clashes".
  9. "মঙ্গল ও বুধবার টানা হরতাল - প্রথম আলো". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-04-25.>
  10. "Prothom Alo | Most popular bangla daily newspaper - Home". Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-04-25.>
  11. "মঙ্গল ও বুধবার টানা হরতাল - প্রথম আলো". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
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