Shops in some of the shopping centers including Jinnah Avenue, Baitul Mukarram, Stadium and New Market remain closed even after the hartal hours.
The Pakistan Writers Guild also held a meeting and expressed concern over the postponement of the National Assembly session. They also brought out a procession and paraded the city streets.
The Khilgaon Land Distribution Committee also organized a rally in the evening before Baitul Mukarram.
House wives, girl students and teachers of Narayanganj city also held a protest meeting and paraded the streets shouting the demand for immediate withdrawal of Martial Law from the country. They expressed solidarity with the movement lunched by the people in response to the call of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The East Pakistan Government College Teachers' Association also expressed its strong resentment at the postponement of the Assembly session. In a meeting held here today, the Association said that this would hinder the peaceful transfer of power. They also condemned the killing of unarmed people of Bangladesh. The meeting also pledged support to the Awami League chief.
According to Jatiya Sramik League, quite a few factories and mills went into production following a decision of the League.
The members of East Pakistan Union of Journalists (EPUJ) will stage a demonstration tomorrow afternoon to demonstrate solidarity with the people's movement and in protest against recent restriction imposed on the Press.
The General Secretary of EPUJ, Mr. Kamal Lohani, today appealed to the members to assemble at the Press Club at 3 p.m. from where a procession will be taken out. The procession will be followed by a mass rally at Baitul Mukarram.
