Скачать или смотреть Students protest in support of strike, police disperse anti-govt march

(8 Jan 2014) Protests continued across Bangladesh on Wednesday following one of the most violent national elections in the country's history.
In Rangpur supporters from the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamic political party, staged a rally, chanting against the police forces.
Supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) also took to the streets in Rajshahi, some 154 miles (248 kilometres) southeast of the capital, Dhaka, calling for a general strike.
Police tried to disperse the crowd, using water cannons and tear gas.
On Tuesday, Bangladeshi police, conducted raids and arrested three leading opposition members, further exacerbating political tensions after Sunday's bloody vote.
Political violence has convulsed the country in recent months as opposition activists staged attacks, strikes and transportation blockades to protest the government.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling Awami League party won 232 of the 300 elected seats, according to the country's Election Commission, far more than the 151 required to form a government.
Because of the opposition boycott, about half the seats were uncontested.
The opposition had demanded that Hasina's government resign so a neutral administration could oversee the polls, saying Hasina might rig the election if she stayed in office.
She denied that.
The political gridlock plunges Bangladesh deeper into turmoil and economic stagnation, and could lead to more violence in the deeply impoverished country of 160 million.


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