Police stopped leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party in Bahubal upazila yesterday when they were heading to attend a rally in Habiganj town to protest Tuesday’s attack on party leaders.

Sikhs in the northern Indian state of Punjab stage protests, enforced strikes and blocked roads in several towns and cities in the past week.

Locals blocked Dhaka-Rangpur highway for in Gaibandha protesting power cut in eight villages of Gobindaganj for a week.