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Violent Dhaka protests continue | Violent Dhaka protests continue |
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Police have fired tear gas and used batons to disperse stone-throwing protesters amid a second day of violence in the Bangladeshi capital. | Police have fired tear gas and used batons to disperse stone-throwing protesters amid a second day of violence in the Bangladeshi capital. |
About 100 people were hurt nationwide. A number of arrests were made in Dhaka as a three-day transport blockade called by the Awami League continued. | |
The party and its allies want elections set for this month postponed, saying they will not be free and fair. | |
Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed says the elections will go ahead. | Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed says the elections will go ahead. |
Checkpoints | Checkpoints |
Police fired tear gas to clear the area around the presidential office in the centre of the capital on Monday. | |
Protests in pictures | Protests in pictures |
Much of the transport system remained paralysed and most businesses were shut, witnesses said. | |
Awami League alliance activists manned checkpoints to prevent vehicles moving. | |
The BBC's John Sudworth in Dhaka says the army is on the streets, keeping a visible presence although troops have not been called on to engage with the protesters. | |
On Sunday, dozens were reported injured in a number of outbreaks of rioting across the city. | |
President Ahmed says it is his constitutional duty to make sure the elections go ahead as planned on 22 January. | |
He has headed a caretaker government since the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) handed over interim power at the end of October. | He has headed a caretaker government since the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) handed over interim power at the end of October. |
More than 40 people have so far died in election unrest countrywide and the Awami League says the protests will continue until its demands are met. | |
The Awami League said more than 1,000 activists were detained ahead of the protests. | The Awami League said more than 1,000 activists were detained ahead of the protests. |
Its main demand is that the government use an updated version of the 2000 voter register, and not one created over the past few years. | Its main demand is that the government use an updated version of the 2000 voter register, and not one created over the past few years. |
The political bloc led by the BNP accuses the Awami League of "sensing defeat" and being determined to sabotage the elections. | The political bloc led by the BNP accuses the Awami League of "sensing defeat" and being determined to sabotage the elections. |