Strike shuts Bangladesh
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DHAKA: Bangladesh was brought to a standstill yesterday by the third general strike in a week called by the main opposition Awami League to protest a deadly attack on a rally, police and witnesses said.
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A one-day strike by BBC staff protesting at compulsory redundancies is called off after negotiations.
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LONDON: Museums were closed, driving tests disrupted and ministerial cars went unwashed yesterday when British civil servants staged their biggest strike in more than a decade.
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KOLKATA, India  - A strike over the killing of protesters by police in eastern India shut schools, offices, and businesses on Wednesday, bringing another political headache for a troubled communist-led state government.
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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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NEW DELHI: The truckers strike was called off early on Saturday morning following a settlement reached with the government. The settlement was arrived at after a marathon meeting lasting over nine hours where
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A planned strike by British Airways(BA) workers on the August Bank Holiday has been called off after a pay settlement was reached between employers and BA staff, Sky TV reported Saturday.
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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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A second strike in less than a week called by Bangladesh&#39;s main opposition party to protest against a grenade attack that nearly killed its leader shut
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Shops, schools, offices and businesses across Bangladesh were shut on Monday for the fourth day in a week as a strike called by the opposition to protest a deadly grenade attack got underway.
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A strike by rebels shut down more than a third of Nepal on Tuesday, including Kathmandu, the latest stoppage in their campaign for a communist republic after last month's crippling road blockade of the hill-ringed capital.
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DHAKA: Bangladesh was in turmoil last night after co-ordinated grenade attacks targeting a senior opposition leader killed at least 18 people and wounded hundreds.
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Indian truckers have called off their weeklong strike to protest a service tax after reaching an agreement with the government, the finance ministry said Saturday.
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Labor unions on Saturday called off a strike aimed at overturning a government hike of automobile fuel prices, ending a four-day work stoppage that shut down most major economic activity in Africa's biggest oil producer, officials said.
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JERUSALEM : Israel was paralysed by a general strike as trade unions imposed a shutdown in protest at local authorities&#39; failure to pay thousands of staff amid a budget clampdown by the right-wing government.
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Strikes and violent demonstrations erupted across Bangladesh after a grenade attack at an opposition party rally killed 19 people, as the government denied opposition charges that it was behind the blasts.
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DHAKA : Riot police patrolled a tense Bangladeshi capital and a number of schools and colleges were closed in protest at a weekend grenade attack on a political rally that killed 19 people, witnesses said.