Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- The BNP has suspended the primary membership and all party positions of Sitakunda Upazila Convenor Kamal Kader and two others on charges of breaching party discipline.

The decision came four days after highway blockades and violence erupted over party nominations in Chattogram.

The suspension was announced in a media statement signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday.

The other two suspended members are former president of the Chattogram North District Jatiyatabadi Swechhasebak Dal Md Morsalin, and Sitakunda Upazila Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal member secretary Korban Ali Shahed.

On Monday, the BNP announced a preliminary list of candidates for 237 constituencies, which led to demonstration...