Left Democratic Alliance threatens to lay siege to energy ministry July 14 if gas price hike not rolled back

FE Online Desk | Published: July 07, 2019 15:10:25 | Updated: July 07, 2019 17:19:49

A view of protests at Dhaka's Purana Paltan intersection marking a countrywide half-day hartal on Sunday. FE Photo

A coalition of eight left-leaning political parties has threatened to lay siege to the energy ministry on July 14 if the government does not roll back its gas price hike.

The Left Democratic Alliance made the threat at a rally in Dhaka's Purana Paltan following their eight-hour half-day hartal enforced across the country from 6:00am to 2:00pm today.