The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called for the blockade of roads for three days in response to clashes between party supporters and police on Sunday in which one policeman was killed and more than 100 people were injured.
The party has been calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign to allow elections scheduled for January to be held under a neutral caretaker government.
A police official in the central district of Kishoreganj, where the clashes took place, said two protesters were killed and dozens of people, including 15 policemen, were injured.
“Clashes erupted when they attacked us," said the police official, who declined to be identified, adding it was not clear how the two were killed.
Accusations of vote-rigging and the suppression of the opposition, denied by the government, marred elections in 2014 and 2018.
Persons:
Sheikh Hasina, “, General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Hasina, Ruma Paul, Robert Birsel
Organizations:
Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP, United, Thomson
Locations:
Dhaka, Bangladesh, DHAKA, Kishoreganj, United States