Bangladesh general strike prompts security alert
Nearly 10,000 security forces fanned out across the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka today during an opposition-sponsored general strike that shut down schools and stores and disrupted traffic.
The country’s main opposition party, the Awami League, called for the half-day strike today, demanding a national holiday on the anniversary of the death of its founding member and Bangladesh’s first leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
