Bangladesh opposition calls for Monday strike
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Bangladesh&#39;s main opposition party has called for a fourth strike day in a week on Monday to protest against a deadly grenade attack.
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Bangladesh's main opposition said an indefinite transport blockade due to begin Sunday would go ahead after talks with the president failed to resolve the party's demands for electoral reform.
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Bangladeshi businesses, schools and shops are closed, as a second general strike in a week takes place. The strike is in protest at a grenade attack a week ago on a rally addressed by the opposition Awami
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Bangladeshi political activists launched protests and staged a strike as an aide said the main opposition party's leader had narrowly escaped assassination in a grenade attack which left 18 people dead.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has called for a country-wide strike as part of a campaign to overturn disputed presidential election results.
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DHAKA: Life in Bangladesh was paralysed for the second day today follow- ing the opposition-sponsored general strike, even as the govern- ment announced an investigation into the death threat against Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed allegedly
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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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Thousands of opposition supporters marched through the Bangladeshi capital Monday to protest a weekend grenade attack on a political rally that killed 19 people and wounded hundreds.
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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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A two day general strike called by the political opposition has shut down much of Bangladesh. The strike is the latest protest against a grenade attack on a political rally that killed 20 people and injured more than a hundred.
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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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Dhaka, Aug 28. (PTI): Bomb blasts and clashes during an anti-government general strike left about 80 people injured in Bangladesh on Saturday as officials said an Interpol team was on way to Dhaka to probe
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Shops, schools, offices and businesses across Bangladesh were shut on Monday for the fourth time in a week as a dawn-to-dusk strike called by the opposition in protest
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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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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko calls for a general strike as he rejects the presidential poll result.
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Opposition activists in Bangladesh held more protests on Monday against a deadly grenade attack as authorities posted extra police on the streets to guard against violence.
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Bangladesh comes to a standstill amid the second general strike in a week.