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| Tuesday, 9 March 2004 |
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B'desh opposition warns of new strikes unless fresh polls called DHAKA, Monday (AFP) Bangladesh's main opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed led thousands of supporters through the tightly guarded streets of capital Dhaka Sunday to pressure the government to quit. If "the government does not quit by the end of this month, we will be forced to enforce new strikes," Hasina told slogan-chanting supporters ahead of the march from the downtown headquarters of her Awami League party. Bangladesh was shut down Saturday by the fifth strike in a month called by the Awami League against the government. A new wave of strikes would not be called immediately because school leaving tests are about to be held across Bangladesh, Hasina said. She said nationwide protests would continue until March 22, when her party would decide the next course of action. The march was closely monitored by riot police and caused a traffic snarl in the capital of more than 10 million people. But Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, elected in 2001 and whose government holds a two-thirds majority, has rejected the calls. |
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