Bangladesh strike: Shoot at sight orders issued
Source: The Hindu
Bangladesh authorities have issued “shoot at sight” orders on Wednesday, as the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies in the 18-party coalition enforced a nationwide 36-hour strike demanding resignation of the ruling Awami League government.
“Orders have been issued to shoot at sight the protestors who will be seen setting on fire trains, buses or carrying out sabotage of any other types. Home Minister Mahiuddin Khan Alamgir met with senior officers of police and other law enforcement agencies ahead of the hartal,” the mass circulation Prothom Alo newspaper reported.
Though Mr. Alamgir or police chief Hassan Mahmud Khandaker were not available for comments but officials familiar with the “emergency meeting” said the law enforcement agencies were asked to take stern action against the “troublemakers.”
“We have asked the law enforcement agencies to take appropriate action considering the situation at the scenes,” State Minister Shamsul Haque Tuku told a newspaper ...
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DHAKA, Bangladesh March 27, 2013 (AP)
Suspected opposition supporters have exploded homemade bombs in Bangladesh's capital during a nationwide general strike called by government opponents. No one was injured in the blasts ...
The opposition alliance called the strike to demand the release of over 150 activists detained earlier this month.
Alliance partner Jamaat-e-Islami also wants to halt trials of opposition politicians accused of crimes stemming from the country's 1971 independence war against Pakistan.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 18:43
Dhaka: Bangladesh's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia has sought army intervention to end the political chaos in the country in the wake of 1971 war crimes trial, drawing sharp criticism from the ruling party and the media which termed the remark as "vicious" and undemocratic.
The ruling Awami League on Tuesday called her comments as "vicious" and said, "This is an unprecedented and undemocratic act."
The Awami League general secretary and local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam's reaction came two days after Zia told a party rally that the army could not play "a silent spectator" and "they will play their due role in proper time if peace remained absent in the country".
Islam said Zia was playing a "vicious role" to protect the 1971 war criminals who were being tried in special tribunals for "crimes against humanity" for siding with Pakistani troops ...
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