This is a list of hartals (labour strikes or collective actions) occurring in Bangladesh (including East Pakistan).
Date (ymd) | Total days | Hartal called by | Reason | Casualties and damage | Notes |
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1962 – 1971 | 15 [1] | then East Pakistan | |||
1972 – 1975 | 5 [1] | ||||
1981 – 1987 | 59 [1] | ||||
1991 – 1996 | 266 [1] | Awami League, called for hartal of unknown number of days | |||
1996 – 2001 | 215 [1] | BNP, called for 59-day hartal [2] | |||
2001 – 2007 | Unknown | Bangladesh Awami League, called for 173-day hartal [3] | |||
2008 – 2009 | Unknown | BNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Workers party, Awami League, called for 15-day hartal [3] | |||
2010 – 2013 April | Unknown | Awami League, called for 17-day hartal [3] | |||
2010-11-30 | 1 (all day) [4] | BNP | Opposing Khaleda Zia's eviction after 30-year-long stay in military house | 1193rd hartal in the history of Bangladesh | |
2013-04-02 | 1 (all day) [5] | Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir | opposed to sending Delwar Hossain Sayeedi on police remand for questioning. | ||
2013-04-09 | 1 (all day) [6] | BNP | protesting against courts sending its top 17 leaders to jail. | ||
2013-04-10 | 1 (all day) [6] | BNP | protesting against courts sending its top 17 leaders to jail. | ||
2013-04-11 | 1 (all day) [7] | Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir | to press for the release of Shibir President Delwar Hussen. | 1 person killed in khulna [8] | |
2013-04-23 | 1 (all day) [9] | BNP | demands for release of top leaders. | 10 people injured; [10] 5 buses torched on night before hartal. | |
2013-04-24 | 1 (all day) [11] | BNP | demands for release of top leaders. | ||
2013-11-26 to 28 | 3 | BNP | |||
2023-11-15 | 3 | BNP [12] | to press for neutral polls. | ||
2023-11-19 | 2 | Labour Party [13] | |||
2023-11-22 | 2 | BNP [14] | protesting the unveiling of the polls schedule by the Election Commission. | ||
2023-12-19 | 1 | BNP [15] |
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