1 dead, buses torched ahead of Bangladesh strike

Author: 
Associated Press
Publication Date: 
Sat, 2012-04-21 19:29

An 18-party opposition alliance will enforce the strike on Sunday to urge the government to find a regional opposition leader who went missing on Tuesday from a Dhaka street.
Police official Sirajul Islam says a bus was set on fire on Saturday in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area, killing the 40-year-old driver.
The United News of Bangladesh agency and several television stations say four other buses were set on fire in parts of Dhaka.
The opposition has blamed security agencies for Elias Ali’s disappearance but the government has denied this.

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