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Bangladesh's opposition calls for another 72-hour strike from Sunday

Xinhua, February 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Demanding fresh election under a non- party caretaker government system, Bangladesh's main opposition alliance on Friday called another round of nationwide strike form Sunday morning.

The trike will start at 6:00 a.m. local time Sunday and will continue till 6:00 a.m. local time Wednesday, said two-time ex- Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Spokesperson Salahuddin Ahmed in a statement on Friday.

The strike announcement came just a day after it observed a five-day countrywide strike from Feb. 22 morning amid violent clashes, vandalism, arson and crude bomb attacks.

BNP and its allies has declared the 72-hour road, rail and waterway strike from Sunday morning amid its ongoing blockade campaign that entered 46th day on Friday. Endi