{Bangladesh opposition activists clashed with police during a nationwide strike Monday, leaving one woman dead and several people injured, as tensions grew ahead of the first anniversary of controversial elections.}<\/p>\n
Police said a female school teacher succumbed to her injuries after she was hit on the head by a rock thrown by an opposition protester in the coastal district of Noakhali.<\/p>\n
“She was declared dead after being brought to a hospital,” local police chief Anwar Ali told AFP.<\/p>\n
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and 19 allies, including Islamist outfits, called the strike to protest a crackdown against their leaders and supporters by the security forces.<\/p>\n
BNP spokesman Rizvi Ahmed told AFP at least 400 party officials and activists have been arrested since Wednesday to thwart protests to mark the first anniversary of the January 5 elections that the party boycotted.<\/p>\n
A senior member of BNP’s main decision-making body and the head of its youth wing are among those to have been arrested while other officials have gone into hiding.<\/p>\n
The opposition boycott of the polls meant there was no contest in the majority of the parliamentary seats, allowing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party to retain power by a landslide.<\/p>\n
Hasina has ruled out any election before the end of her new term in 2019.<\/p>\n
The streets in the capital was largely deserted during Monday’s strike. Offices and schools were closed and there were buses or lorries on national highways.<\/p>\n
In Dhaka four people were injured, including a young man who was hit by shotgun pellet after police fired shotguns and tear gas to disperse opposition protesters, police inspector Shahab Uddin told AFP.<\/p>\n
“Three policemen were also injured as the protesters attacked us with cocktail bombs. They have been taken to a police hospital,” he added.<\/p>\n
Three people also suffered burns injuries and two buses were torched in violence on Sunday night, police said.<\/p>\n
(AFP) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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