Blasts, arson mark hartal
[Bangla Daily Star] Stray incidents of violence, like arson, vandalism and kaboom of homemade bombs, marked the first day of BNP-led alliance's 36-hour countrywide shutdown yesterday.
During the hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
, a man was killed when a bus chased by hartal supporters ploughed through makeshift tea stalls at Khajura bus stand in Jessore.
Posted by: Fred 2013-03-28 |