Police have charged with batons to disperse a group of activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in front of the party headquarters in the city's Naya Paltan area as the main opposition party has enforced a daylong general strike.
Schools and businesses remained shut in the capital as the dawn-to-dusk strike began on Sunday morning.
Tight security has been in place.
BNP claimed on Saturday that about 300 party activists were arrested on the eve of the strike. Two buses were set on fire on Saturday.
The BNP called the strike to protest against the split of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC). The strike is enforced in the capital only.
The police action came around 5 am on Sunday when the BNP activists tried to gather in front of the party head office. Police allowed the party joint secretary-general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi to enter the headquarters while others were driven away from the area.
In other parts of the city, there was no major presence of the opposition activists during the beginning hours of the strike.
Rickshaws ruled the city's usually-clogged streets. A few buses and three-wheeler auto-rickshaws were plying the streets.
Schools and businesses remained shut in the capital as the dawn-to-dusk strike began on Sunday morning.
Tight security has been in place.
BNP claimed on Saturday that about 300 party activists were arrested on the eve of the strike. Two buses were set on fire on Saturday.
The BNP called the strike to protest against the split of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC). The strike is enforced in the capital only.
The police action came around 5 am on Sunday when the BNP activists tried to gather in front of the party head office. Police allowed the party joint secretary-general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi to enter the headquarters while others were driven away from the area.
In other parts of the city, there was no major presence of the opposition activists during the beginning hours of the strike.
Rickshaws ruled the city's usually-clogged streets. A few buses and three-wheeler auto-rickshaws were plying the streets.
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