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| Bangladesh |
| 30hr hartal from today |
| 2011-07-10 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The alliance of 12 religion-based political parties enforces a countrywide 30-hour hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... from 6:00am today with support from the BNP-led opposition. The alliance yesterday warned of enforcing hartal even in the month of Ramadan "if the government creates any obstacle to their 30-hour hartal". And the government said stern action will be taken if anyone tries to disrupt law and order. The 12-party combine led by Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish called the shutdown in protest against what it was said dropping of the words "absolute faith in Allah" from the constitution. "We will launch tougher programmes during Ramadan if the government does not restore the "absolute faith in Allah" in the constitution," said Maulana Abdul Latif Nezami, secretary general of Islami Oikyo Jote, a component of the 12-party combine, at a presser at a city hotel. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed this guard using the bludgeon Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... Dhaka Metropolitan Police in a blurb yesterday urged people to refrain from destructive activities like vandalism and setting fire to vehicles in the name of hartal, and warned of tough action against those involved in such activities. Our Barisal correspondent reports: Metropolitan Police yesterday charged baton and fired tear gas shells on pro-hartal processions in the city, leaving at least 20 people including a police constable injured. And police tossed in the slammer around 10 pro-hartal activists. Our Noakhali correspondent reports: Police foiled a procession in support of hartal here, and at least 25 people were maimed in the police baton charge. About 10 activists were tossed in the slammer. A report from our Munshiganj correspondent says: Six activists of Islami Andolon Bangladesh were tossed in the slammer from a pro-hartal procession in Mawa ferry ghat area yesterday evening. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Remember, people, you've only got 30 hours for this hartal, so be efficient, be effective, and as always remember to have fun. Now take your mark, get set....Go, go, go!" |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-10 10:43 |