The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called nationwide dawn-to-dusk
general strike for today protesting at ‘the government conspiracy to
kill its assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Molla in a planned
manner.’
The Islamist party called the general strike immediately after the
International Crimes Tribunal in the afternoon issued a death warrant
for Quader, who was sentenced to death by the Appellate Division on
charge of crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the war
of independence in 1971.
Calling for the shutdown in a statement, Jamaat acting secretary general Shafiqur
Rahman alleged that the government was going to ‘kill Abdul Quader Molla
to deflect people’s attention from the ongoing movement demanding
non-party caretaker government to oversee the parliamentary polls.’
Alleging that the government did not follow the due legal process in
trying Quader, the statement said, ‘The government will have to face
dire consequences if it kills Quader Molla by trampling on the legal
process and constitutional rights.’ (source)