Barricaded by the police, the procession which was moving towards the French Embassy to surround it as part of a demonstration on Monday could not move towards Gulshan and the protesters occupied the intersection. Earlier, Hifazat-e Islam and other Islamist groups occupied the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, disrupting traffic in parts of Dhaka. Tens of thousands of Muslims protested in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Palestinian territories on Friday after killings in a French church prompted a vow from President Emmanuel Macron to stand firm against attacks on French values and freedom of belief, according to a Reuters report. "We will not give any ground," Macron said outside Notre Dame Basilica in the French Riviera city of Nice. France had been attacked "over our values, for our taste for freedom, for the ability on our soil to have freedom of belief", he added.

Source: bd News24 November 02, 2020 07:41 UTC