
Archive Photo on 27 September 2011. BNP Chairperson and opposition leader KHALEDA ZIA will lead a road march towards Sylhet on Monday aiming to mount pressure on the government to reinstate the caretaker government system. © Monirul Alam

Oct. 10, 2011 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladesh’s main opposition launched a protest campaign on Monday in which 3,000 cars will drive en masse around the country to demand that the government resigns. Bangladesh has a history of political instability and the BNP and its allies have recently held a series of strikes in a new wave of unrest. The next national election is due to held by early 2014. © Monirul Alam