BNP's hartal pushed back to Dec 19

Bangladesh will observe state mourning on December 18 to commemorate the death of Kuwait's emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. To show respect, the BNP has postponed their hartal and will hold it on Tuesday (December 19) instead.

Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the senior joint secretary general of the party, announced on Sunday.

Kuwait's emir died on Saturday, the royal court said, after three years in power. He was 86.

Kuwait's crown prince, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was named the oil-rich country's new emir after the death on Saturday of his predecessor Sheikh Nawaf, state television reported Sunday.

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