BANGLADESH: GOVERNMENT OFFICERS STRIKE ENDS AFTER DEMONSTRATIONS IN PROTEST AT GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND IN SUPPORT OF MORE PAY

Record ID: 230288

  • Title: BANGLADESH: GOVERNMENT OFFICERS STRIKE ENDS AFTER DEMONSTRATIONS IN PROTEST AT GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND IN SUPPORT OF MORE PAY
  • Date: 10th January 1986
  • Summary: 1. GV Police seated outside building 0.05 2. GV INTERIORS Damaged and burnt-out offices (2 shots) 0.16 3. GV Demonstrators marching along road carrying banners 0.37 4. SV Opposition leader Sheikh Wajed addressing crowd PAN TO crowd listening 1.01 5. TRACKING SHOT People walking down the road 1.14 6. GV TRACKING SHOT Closed shops 1.29 7. GV & SV British High Commission mini-bus burnt out (2 shots) 1.50 InitialsJMS/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th January 1986 12:00
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  • Location: DHAKA, BANGLADESH
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA9FKUKIWGPVHMVFBEEJVRKYVW4
  • Story Text: DHAKA, BANGLADESH

    Police in Dhaka arrested more than 600 people on January 5 during a general stoppage in support of pay claims by the country's 40,000 doctors, engineers and agricultural researchers. Police said 50 people were injured as angry mobs set fire to houses and offices. Bangladesh's opposition parties called the six-hour stoppage to aid a two-week-old national strike by the government workers. The dispute closed most of the country's hospitals. affected the power supply and cut telephone services. During the January 5 stoppage demonstrators set fire to a British High Commission mini-bus at Dhaka University, and police said a car carrying a government minister was stoned as it sped past pickets. A rally dispersed peacefully after being addressed by opposition spokesman Sheikh Wajed. The strike finally ended on January 6 when officers returned to work with a promise from President Hossain Mohammad Ershad that all their commands would be met. An official statement said the government would set up a high level committee to implement the demands as soon as possible.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - RAFIQUR RAHMAN</strong>
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