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           April
          13, 2000
            
          
           
          Chandpur,
          Apr 12 (UNB) – In response to a request from businesspeople,
          All-Party Action Committee here has decided not to observe
          dawn-to-dusk hartal tomorrow (Thursday) in the district. 
           
          
           
          The
          decision came from a meeting of the Action Committee Tuesday night. 
           
          
           
          Local
          businessmen requested the opposition leaders to withdraw the hartal
          program in the district as the day coincided with the last day of the
          Bengali month of Chaitra, which is important for them to clear their
          ledgers. 
           
          
           
          Chaired
          by committee joint convener Adv Mahbubul Haq Patwari, the meeting was
          attended, among others, by another joint convenor Mohammad Khan Delwar
          Hossain and member secretary Moulana Abdur Rahim. 
          
          
          
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