| Bangladesh's opposition Awami League yesterday called for a 72-hour nationwide strike from today to protest the killings of a top party leader and former Finance Minister A.M.S. Kibria and four other party workers in a bomb attack on Thursday. While three were killed on the spot at Habiganj, Kibria and another party worker succumbed to their injuries later. Awami League acting Joint Secretary Obaidul Qader announcing the shutdown said the opposition would take further action "if the government does not resign by this time." The Awami League gave the call as thousands of mourners attended funeral prayers for Kibria. The attack came just over a week before Dhaka hosts a summit of South Asian leaders. Kibria's widow Asma told reporters she did not expect to get justice for her slain husband. Asked about the perpetrators of the attack, she replied, "Better ask the alliance government," the private UNB agency quoted her as saying. |