Bangladesh opposition calls indefinite transport blockade
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Bangladesh faced a nationwide transport blockade from Sunday called by the opposition after President Iajuddin Ahmed refused to bow to pressure to resign as head of the country's interim government.
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DHAKA : Bangladesh was brought to a standstill by the fourth general strike in a week called by the opposition, which has stepped up its campaign to oust the government since an assassination attempt on its leader.
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A general strike called to protest a recent grenade attack that killed 20 people at an opposition political rally brought Bangladesh to a near standstill Monday.
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Maoist rebels called a dawn-to-dusk strike aimed at blocking all road traffic in the far southeast of Nepal to protest the alleged deaths of two rebel commanders in army custody, Maoist sources said.
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[World News]: Dhaka, Oct 10 : Shops were shut in Bangladesh as most vehicles stayed off the roads in a daylong strike called by opposition parties to demand the resignation of the government.
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Bangladeshi police were on high alert Monday as opposition politicians planned more protests after 19 people were killed Saturday during their rally in Dhaka.
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Major political parties called on Tuesday  for the lifting of a state of emergency in Bangladesh after the  army-backed interim government said it was committed to holding  a parliamentary election at the end of the year.
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Opposition activists have brought many towns and cities in Bangladesh to a halt, the day after 18 people died in explosions at a political rally.
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DHAKA: Bangladesh was brought to a standstill yesterday by the fourth general strike in a week called by the opposition. Security was tightened for the shutdown called by the Awami League, which coincided
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Dhaka, Aug 30. (PTI):Fear of violence gripped Bangladesh as the country&#39;s two major parties faced-off on the streets today to protest the deadly grenade attack on the main opposition rally which killed 20 people and injured more than 300.
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Nepal's main opposition party urged  the government Monday to call a unilateral cease-fire with  Maoist rebels and seek peace talks to end a road blockade that  has cut the capital off from the rest of the country.
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Nepal's main opposition party urged  the government on Monday to call a unilateral cease-fire with  Maoist rebels and seek peace talks to end a road blockade that  has cut the capital off from the rest of the country.
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Rival activists armed with home-made bombs and sticks fought for a third straight day across Bangladesh on Wednesday, witnesses said, as a political crisis gripped the country ahead of January elections.
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Opposition activists have set fire to a train in Bangladesh, following a bloody attack on a political rally in Dhaka. Details are sketchy, but unconfirmed reports speak of at least 20 people being injured in the train fire near the city of Chittagong.
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Shops and schools were closed across Bangladesh yesterday after the main opposition party called a general strike to demand the government resign over a deadly grenade attack on a political rally.
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A nationwide blockade called by the Bangladesh opposition to force electoral reforms ahead of January polls entered its second day despite attempts by the interim government to break the deadlock.
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Bangladesh&#39;s mainstream opposition parties issued a &quot;one-point&quot; demand of immediate resignation of the government and decided to launch a united movement to oust the ruling alliance.