The Left Democratic Alliance (LDA), a platform of left-leaning political parties, has called for a nationwide half-day general strike tomorrow protesting the hurried announcement of the polls schedule.

Ruhin Hossain Prince, general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, and also a leader of the LDA, announced the strike in response to the schedule announced by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal.

They will observe the strike from 6:00am to 2:00pm tomorrow, he added.