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Bangladesh opposition calls 72-hour strike

  •   Mon, Dec 16 2013 07:36:44 PM

Dhaka, Dec 16 (IANS): The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance in Bangladesh Monday called for a 72-hour countrywide strike from 6 a.m. Tuesday demanding cancellation of the schedule for parliamentary polls.

Nazrul Islam Khan, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member, announced the work stoppage at a press conference at party chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office Monday evening, the Daily Star reported.

The BNP-led opposition alliance again demanded holding of elections under a non-party government.

Addressing the press conference, the BNP leader also demanded immediate release of senior BNP leaders from jail.
  

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