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| Buses torched in capital |
| 2013-12-10 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Blockaders torched two buses and vandalised a human hauler in the capital's South Jatrabari and Sobhanbagh today, the third day of the countrywide blockade enforced by the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance. Hartal picketers torched a bus at Sobhanbagh around 6:30pm, the officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi Police Station told The Daily Star. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio had his hands full of angry bleached blonde... an Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... activist sustained bullet injuries during a chase and counter chase with coppers at Sayedabad. Ashraful Islam, 24, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Police opened fire when Shibir activists brought out a procession there in support of their hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... . Amid the ongoing blockade, Jamaat-e-Islam which is a key component in the 18-party alliance is enforcing a nationwide daylong shutdown protesting death warrant against Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah. Police placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! one Mahinur Akhter, 35, as he went kaboom!a crude bomb in front of Westin Hotel at Madhybadda in Gulshan, said Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station. Besides, the opposition today afternoon extended its 71-hour blockade till 6:00am on December 13 demanding rescheduling of the parliamentary election, installation of a non-party polls-time government and release of leaders. |
| Posted by:Fred |