At least 73 people were injured across Bangladesh while two bombs exploded near a BNP office here on Wednesday, the final day of a 60-hour strike by the Opposition, to press its demand for a caretaker regime to oversee the next general election.
Incidents of violence, clashes, vandalism and bomb blasts were reported from across the country. Over 100 were wounded in clashes on Tuesday.
Seven policemen were among the 73 people injured on Wednesday. At least 23 were injured in clashes between members of the ruling Awami league and Opposition BNP. Opposition Jamaat-e-Islami workers set afire rail lines at different areas.
The BNP-led 18-party Opposition alliance called the shutdown from November 4 to press for the restoration of the neutral caretaker Government system to oversee the next election scheduled to be held by January 25, 2014.