PRESS RELEASE FROM BWPW

The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports announce today from a
press conference agitation programmes, including a half-day general strike for July 3 in the capital Dhaka,
in protest against the deals signed between Petrobangla and US oil company ConocoPhillips for exploration
and extraction of gas from two offshore blocks in the Bay of Bengal. The programmes will also
include protest rallies across the country on July 3-2011