The BNP today declared a countrywide blockade on Wednesday, and a countrywide hartal on Thursday.

Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, joint secretary general of the party, announced the programmes in a press briefing this afternoon. 

Both the blockade and hartal will be in effect from dawn till dusk, he added.

Today is the second day of the two-day countrywide blockade called by BNP and its allies.