Bangladesh opposition calls strike for Sunday after violent clashes

Bangladesh’s main opposition party has called a nationwide strike for Sunday, after its planned mass rally to demand the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was aborted after violent clashes in Dhaka. One policeman died and dozens more were wounded in the clashes in the capital. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), announced the day-long strike on Saturday to press home the party’s demand that Hasina resign, to pave the way for the next general election to be credibly held, under a non-partisan caretaker administration. Bangladesh is due ...