Supporters of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League attend a rally against the general strike in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Nov. 30, 2010. The countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike called by Bangladesh's main opposition party got underway Tuesday morning amid scattered incidents of clashes between the strikers and the law enforcers in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere. [Xinhua] 

Bangladeshi police stand guard on the side of an almost empty road in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Nov. 30, 2010. The countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike called by Bangladesh's main opposition party got underway Tuesday morning amid scattered incidents of clashes between the strikers and the law enforcers in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere. [Xinhua]