<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">BNP has announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country to protest “police attacks” on their leaders and activists and their grand rally at Nayapaltan today.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the hartal before leaving the rally stage amid clashes between law enforcers and BNP leaders, activists.</div><div><br></div><div>He said hartal will be observed from 6 am to 6 pm on Sunday.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, BNP’s grand rally was suspended halfway through the program following the clashes.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The rally began around 12:40 pm, and was stopped around 2:15 pm. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>