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Four people have been killed and dozens
wounded during an anti-government strike in
the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
Violent clashes broke out as supporters of both
the governing Awami League and the
opposition parties fought pitched battles using
firearms.
The opposition want
the Prime Minister,
Sheikh Hasina, to resign
for failing to stop the
violence which has
claimed at least 15 lives
in the past two weeks.
It follows a campaign by radical Muslim groups,
supported by some opposition parties, against
a recent High Court ban on fatwas, or religious
edicts.
--BBC
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