![]() ![]() ![]() The protests by the BNP and the largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, were the biggest so far this year, AFP journalists on site said, and marked a new phase in their protests with a general election due within three months. His body is at a hospital at Rajarbagh (in central Dhaka)," Sayrul Kabir Khan, a spokesman of the party, told AFP. "Shamim Molla, one of our youth wing leaders, was shot dead by police. One officer was killed and more than 100 injured, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Faruk Hossain, telling AFP: "The constable was hacked in the head by opposition activists."īNP said one of its youth wing activists was killed during Saturday's clashes. ![]() Live footage on the verified Facebook page of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) showed thousands of people running for safety as sound grenades went off one after another and plumes of black smoke rose from the roads.ĪFP correspondents said the violence spread in roads and alleys in the centre of the capital as police fired tear gas and rubber shotgun rounds, while the protesters threw stones and bricks. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here ![]()
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