17 May 2012 Dhaka. Bangladesh- Mostofa, a caretaker who ride bicycle with his owner cat name Mini cat. He back from the veterinary hospital after Mini’s treatment during the down to dusk strike hour in Dhaka. The main opposition party BNP has enforced the strike demanding the release of their top leaders jailed in a case over alleged arson during earlier general strikes, Most of the business establishments, shops, school and colleges remain closed during the strike.© Monirul Alam
23 April 2012 Dhaka, Bangladesh- Pro-hartal activists set fire to a police bus parked near BNP head office at Nayapaltan Monday evening around 7.30 pm. The torching incidents took place hours after the main opposition party called a fresh nationwide daylong hartal for Tuesday for getting back its missing leader M Ilias Ali and his driver. © Monirul Alam
Note: See on more http://www.zumapress.com/search_results.html?HEADLINE=Police+and+Protesters+Clash+in+Bangladesh+General+Strike
See
Bangladeshi riot police stand guard in front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP office during the nationwide strike in Dhaka city on 22 September. Thousands of police patrolled the streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka as a nationwide strike called by the main opposition party and its Islamist allies shut schools and businesses. Activists are demonstrating against rising fuel prices and the detention of top opposition figures by a 1971 war crimes tribunal — the latest issues to spark anger in a country where public demonstrations often turn violent. Dhaka, September 2011. © Monirul Alam
The BNP called the strike to protest against what it says is the Awami League government’s failure to provide basic services such as power, water and gas and against “arbitrary” arrests and harassment of its activists. The strike halted transport throughout the country and disrupted business operations.
MONIRUL ALAM 