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PM takes to the streets, B`desh normal life hit by Oppn strike
Dhaka, Sept 01: Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia today took to the streets leading a march of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists in an apparent show of strength even as main Opposition Awami League enforced a 12-hour general strike across the country to protest the recent attack on its chief Shiekh Hasina`s convoy.
Zia also cautioned people against the "machinations" of the Opposition.
The Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina had yesterday said the days of the BNP-led alliance government was numbered.
Trade and commercial activities in capital Dhaka and rest of Bangladesh came to a near standstill today as a day-long country-wide hartal enforced by the Opposition Awami League disrupted normal public life.
The hartal ended peacefully barring stray incidents of brief clashes with police which led to a few arrests.
Satkhira, the area in south west Bangladesh where Sheikh Hasina's motorcade was attacked, witnessed some violence.
At least six people including three women supporters of Awami League were picked up by the police as they attempted to bring out a procession at Gulistan and Dhaka stadium area in the capital.
Bureau Report