New strike action hits Bangladesh
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Bangladesh comes to a standstill amid the second general strike in a week.
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Civil servants and teachers are the latest groups to go on strike,  as protests against public sector job cuts continue.
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Council workers in Argyll and Bute begin a fresh three-day strike after talks over conditions break down.
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Baton-wielding riot police fired tear gas and rounded up dozens of demonstrators in Bangladesh on Tuesday during a general strike called to protest a weekend grenade attack that killed 20 people and wounded hundreds at an opposition political rally.
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SECURITY forces were on high alert yesterday after a weekend grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 19 people and wounded hundreds, triggering more violence across Bangladesh.
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Bangladeshi political activists launched protests and staged a strike Sunday as an aide said the main opposition party&#39;s leader had narrowly escaped assassination in a grenade attack which left 18 people dead.
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Dozens of people are arrested as police fight with protesters during a general strike in Bangladesh.
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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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Offices, schools, shops and businesses  across Bangladesh shut down Saturday for the second strike in  less than a week called by the main opposition party to protest  against a grenade attack that nearly killed its leader.
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A political alliance seeking electoral reform begins an indefinite transport strike across Bangladesh.
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French civil servants and teachers are the latest to go on strike, as protests against public sector job cuts continue.
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DHAKA : Bangladesh was brought to a standstill by the third general strike in a week called by the main opposition Awami League to protest against a deadly attack on a rally, police and witnesses said.
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Dhaka, Aug. 29 (PTI): Bangladesh&#39;s main Opposition party has called for a new general strike tomorrow, to protest last week&#39;s grenade attack on its leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed, coinciding with a ruling party
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Security forces are on high alert as more protests are planned after last week's attack on a political rally in Dhaka.
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In Bangladesh, security forces are on high alert after several days of apparent political violence. More protests are expected after Saturday&#39;s grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 19 people and injured more than a hundred.
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Security is tight in Bangladesh after a strike call by the opposition party whose rally was targeted by bombers.
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Opposition activists in Bangladesh  attacked railway stations and battled police in several parts  of the country on Tuesday as a two-day strike called to protest  a deadly grenade attack at the weekend got underway.