Nolan
28th June 2010, 06:35
June 27, 2010 4:45 p.m. EST
Siddique Islam - AHN News Correspondent
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - More than 300 protesters were arrested and over 50 others wounded on Sunday during a violent opposition general strike in Bangladesh.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/images/cp.gif At least 167 were detained in the capital, Dhaka on charges of breaking law and order during the strike hours, police confirmed.
Over 50 people were injured, and 150 were detained by law enforcement in clashes outside the capital, according to reports.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), however, alleged that at least 1,000 pro-strike activists were arrested, and 500 were injured by police and ruling party resisters across Bangladesh.
Shops, schools, and many business offices remained close while transports including train services faced major disruption in Dhaka. Very few long distance buses left the capital.
Banks kept their doors open but transactions were light. Trading at the two bourses took place, carried out by mobile phones, although the presence of investors at the brokerages was almost zero.
Armed with bullet-proof vests and helmets, around 12,000 police and Rapid Action Battalion personnel were deployed in the capital to avert troubles.
Police lobbed tear gas and used batons to disperse unruly protesters who defied full-proof security to torch a bus and smashed more than a dozen cars and motor vehicles in Dhaka.
BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia announced the strike, the first in Bangladesh in over three years, from a grand rally in Dhaka on May 19, placing a slew of demands to the government, including one for a resolution to the ongoing gas, water, and electricity shortages.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7019120072
Siddique Islam - AHN News Correspondent
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - More than 300 protesters were arrested and over 50 others wounded on Sunday during a violent opposition general strike in Bangladesh.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/images/cp.gif At least 167 were detained in the capital, Dhaka on charges of breaking law and order during the strike hours, police confirmed.
Over 50 people were injured, and 150 were detained by law enforcement in clashes outside the capital, according to reports.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), however, alleged that at least 1,000 pro-strike activists were arrested, and 500 were injured by police and ruling party resisters across Bangladesh.
Shops, schools, and many business offices remained close while transports including train services faced major disruption in Dhaka. Very few long distance buses left the capital.
Banks kept their doors open but transactions were light. Trading at the two bourses took place, carried out by mobile phones, although the presence of investors at the brokerages was almost zero.
Armed with bullet-proof vests and helmets, around 12,000 police and Rapid Action Battalion personnel were deployed in the capital to avert troubles.
Police lobbed tear gas and used batons to disperse unruly protesters who defied full-proof security to torch a bus and smashed more than a dozen cars and motor vehicles in Dhaka.
BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia announced the strike, the first in Bangladesh in over three years, from a grand rally in Dhaka on May 19, placing a slew of demands to the government, including one for a resolution to the ongoing gas, water, and electricity shortages.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7019120072