Bangladesh strike stops traffic
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A political alliance seeking electoral reform begins an indefinite transport strike across Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh's main opposition has called off a four-day transport blockade after the interim government bowed to pressure to replace an election chief accused of seeking to rig January elections.
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Bangladesh comes to a standstill amid the second general strike in a week.
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Police used batons to beat back hundreds of protesters as an opposition-led general strike brought Bangladesh to a standstill yesterday for the second day.
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Opposition supporters bring Bangladeshi cities to a halt after 18 people die in an attack on a political rally.
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Traffic on two major highways linking Kathmandu with the rest of Nepal comes to virtual halt after a rebel blockade.
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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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(World News) Dhaka, Aug 24 : Thousands of angry demonstrators took to the streets across Bangladesh as a general strike called to protest the Aug 21 bomb attack crippled life in the country Tuesday.
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A planned strike by British Airways staff that threatened to disrupt the travel plans of half a million people was halted yesterday after management and workers reached an agreement.
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One person dies and dozens are hurt in Bangladesh as supporters of rival political groups clash during a strike.
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New Delhi: The truck operators tonight decided to call off their seven-day-old strike from Saturday after reaching an agreement with the government on the vexed service tax issue.
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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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Shops and schools were closed across Bangladesh on Tuesday after the country&#39;s main opposition party called a general strike to protest a weekend grenade attack that killed 20 people and wounded more than 300.
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At least 21 people were killed and six  others injured when a truck skidded off a highway in Bangladesh  Friday, police said.
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Many schools and colleges in Bangladesh were closed on Monday and extra police out on the streets as the nation braced for more protests after a deadly grenade attack on an opposition rally two days ago.
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DHAKA: A mob torched a train in central Bangladesh yesterday as anger over a grenade attack which killed 19 people and narrowly missed opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed erupted in violence and protests, officials said.
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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.