Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 861 Mon. October 30, 2006  
   
Metropolitan


It's all for a neutral caretaker chief
1) The city streets look almost deserted on the second day of Dhaka siege programme enforced by the 14-party opposition combine. The picture was taken from Farmgate area yesterday. 2) Members of the Rapid Action Battalion search a cab at Farmgate yesterday as part of beefed up security measures. 3) People return to the capital after celebrating Eid with their near and dear ones at their village homes. The picture was taken from Sadarghat Launch Terminal yesterday. 4) Police fire tear gas canisters to disperse agitating leaders and activists of 14-party opposition combine at Segun Bagicha in the city. 5) A policeman grabs an opposition activist by a hand during a demonstration at Segun Bagicha. 6) Pedestrians try to cross a barricade put up by the police on a road towards the National Press Club in the city yesterday. 7) Leaders and workers of four-party alliance take out a procession in Chittagong city yesterday to protest hartal and 'anarchy' by the 14-party opposition combine. 8) Opposition activists set tyres on fire at Lalkhan Bazar intersection in the port city yesterday during hartal. 9) Jubo Dal activists stage a demonstration in the city yesterday protesting 'anarchy' by the opposition. 10) The 14-party opposition combine holds a rally at Muktangan in Dhaka yesterday demanding appointment of an impartial chief of the caretaker government. Photo: Star
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