BNP rejects elections, calls hartal for Sunday

Rejecting the elections to two city corporations in Dhaka, BNP has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Dhaka city for Sunday.

The announcement was made at a press conference by party general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the BNP's central office in Nayapalton on Saturday evening.

Mirza Fakhrul said, "We hope that the people of Dhaka will cooperate to protect their rights and to establish democracy."

Meanwhile, Awami League mayoral candidates took lead in both Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in the counting of votes in the elections to the two city cities on Saturday.