Nov. 16, 2010
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 16 (UPI) — Police used batons, rubber bullets and tear gas to clear the streets of the capital as rioting Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters called for a general strike.
There were no reported deaths in the second successive day of street clashes but around 200 people, many of them belonging to the opposition BNP, were injured.
Police said they arrested around 300 people.
Several hundred BNP supporters gathered near party headquarters, blocking streets and taunting police who often made forays into the poorly armed protesters….
AFP
14 11 2010
DACCA — Des dizaines de personnes ont été blessées dimanche au Bangladesh lors d’affrontements dans les grandes villes opposant la police à des partisans de l’ex-Premier ministre Khaleda Zia expulsée de son domicile la veille cependant que le pays était paralysé par une grève nationale.
Au moins 100 militants de l’opposition ont été arrêtés, accusés d’avoir attaqué la police avec des bombes de faible puissance et des pierres, et d’avoir incendié des véhicules, ont indiqué des responsables de la police….
Sun, Nov 14, 2010
Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday to clear demonstrators trying to prevent authorities from evicting the leader of the opposition from the house where she has lived for 40 years.
14 Nov 2010 06:29 GMT
Shutdown called by opposition closes schools and businesses after former prime minister was forced to leave her house.
A nationwide general strike has emptied the streets of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, and other cities a day after a suicide bombing killed three people and clashes between polioce and protesters injured more than 100 others...
14 11 2010
DHAKA — Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said she was evicted from her house Saturday, setting off violent protests by thousands of her supporters in the capital Dhaka...
~ par Alain Bertho sur 14 novembre 2010.
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