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A student leader of Bangladesh's ruling party was hacked to death in a northern town Tuesday as violent clashes marked the second day of strike called by the country's opposition parties.

Deadly riots broke out in Bangladeshi cities on Tuesday after a court sentenced a senior Islamist opposition leader to life in prison for mass murder during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.

Hundreds of protesters in Bangladesh threw petrol bombs at police on Tuesday as opposition parties enforced a nationwide strike demanding elections under a neutral caretaker government.

At least two people were killed and dozens hurt across Bangladesh Sunday when police and ruling party activists clashed with protesters blocking roads to demand early polls under a caretaker government.

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse rallies across Bangladesh Sunday as protesters blocked roads and threw petrol bombs, demanding early elections under a neutral caretaker government.

Protesters from Bangladesh's largest Islamic party clashed with security forces in cities across the country on Tuesday in violence that has left one dead, police said.

Protesters from Bangladesh's largest Islamic party clashed with security forces in cities across the country on Tuesday in violence that has left one dead, police said.

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of opposition activists in Bangladesh on Sunday as a nationwide strike over the disappearance of a senior politician brought daily life to a halt.

Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi was the most expensive of a host of international stars sold at the inaugural auction for the new Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday as he fetched $700,000.

Dozens of people including a senior opposition figure were injured during violent protests in Bangladesh on Wednesday as an anti-government strike shut down the country for the second time in four days.

Bangladesh police fired tear gas at protesters on Monday as a nationwide strike called by the main opposition party sparked clashes that left dozens injured and brought the country to a standstill.

Hundreds of investors held demonstrations in cities across Bangladesh on Sunday after the country's main stock exchange plunged nearly eight percent in its steepest ever daily fall.

A Muslim cleric has been arrested in northwest Bangladesh following the death of a woman who was publicly caned as punishment by an Islamic court for an extra-martial affair, police said Monday.

Police are investigating the chef at a canteen of a leading university in Bangladesh after a student found a rat's head in a bowl of chicken curry, sparking protests.

DHAKA (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday as political violence that broke out on Saturday continued during a day-long general strike, officers and witnesses said.

Bangladesh police have arrested seven men with suspected links to a banned Islamic group in three separate raids across the northwest of the country, an officer said Saturday.