More than 100 activists of rival 14-party and 4-party alliances were reported injured in the clashes in Sylhet, Khagrachhari, Rajshahi and elsewhere in the country, while 50 vehicles were burnt and vandalised during the blockade.

Like on Tuesday, trading was on yesterday too in Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges on small scale, and a little activity was noticed inside the Chittagong port.

The capital remained cut off from the rest of the country and land ports were inactive.

Mongla port also remained inactive, while no goods were transported at Chittagong port although there was a little bit of activity inside the port.

Train communication was disrupted in different places while a very few launches left Sadarghat Launch Terminal in the capital.

THE CAPITAL
The capital, like on the previous days of the blockade, remained peaceful. Activists of 14-party coalition as usual ruled over the streets of the city.

Defying a police ban, the activists continued demonstrating and held rallies at the previously announced 22 points.

They also set fire to tyres and burnt effigies of Chief Election Commissioner MA Aziz at different points.

A taxicab was vandalised and set on fire on Panthapath yesterday afternoon, but no one was injured.

The blockaders also vandalised a CNG-run three wheeler at Sayedabad point, while some activists vandalised a covered van loaded with vegetables. They also allegedly looted a cell phone and cash from the van driver.

SYLHET
About 20 activists of the blockading coalition sustained injuries as 4-party men attacked them at Chandipul area on Dhaka-Sylhet highway yesterday.

The attackers also set fire to at least 10 motorbikes belonging to the blockaders and vandalised 10 more, which were parked at a nearby filling station. Two inter-city trains had left Sylhet station but were stopped by the blockaders on the tracks before they could reach their destinations.

The blockaders burnt some tyres and held a brief rally before putting up a barricade for the Chittagong bound inter-city train Paharika Express at 10:45am. However, after some time, Paharika Express departed Sylhet at 11:00am, 40 minutes behind schedule.

The activists and leaders of 14-party also brought out a truck procession in the city.

Later, in the afternoon, the blockaders again went to the train station and stopped Dhaka bound inter-city Parabat Express on the tracks.

KHAGRACHHARI
Three activists of the student front of BNP were injured yesterday afternoon when a group of AL activists attacked them while they were pasting posters at Zia Nagar in the district headquarters.

Police later arrested some AL leaders and activists including its district unit labour affairs secretary Nur Hossain, Dilu, Rafiq and Ismail in that connection.

To protest the arrests, AL leaders and activists laid siege to Khagrachhari Sadar police station in the evening and were agitating there till filing of this report at 7:30pm.

In another incident in Ramgarh upazila, nine leaders and activists of AL and BNP were injured when they clashed in Guimara area yesterday evening.

Earlier on Tuesday fifty people including Officer-in-charge (OC) of Manikchhari police station and leaders and activists of BNP were injured when BNP men clashed with law enforcers.

According to sources, workers of Manikchhari upazila BNP attempted to bring out a march towards Manikchhari Main Road where AL and its front organisations were holding a meeting on Tuesday night.

As police intercepted the march to prevent untoward incidents, BNP men hurled brickbats at policemen injuring Manikchhari OC Santosh Barua.

The law enforcers went into action to disperse the BNP marchers leaving 50 injured.

RAJSHAHI
At least 20 men were injured in a clash between AL and BNP activists at Shibpur under Puthia police station Tuesday night, while the law enforcers opened eight blank fires to disperse the mob.

Local people said a land dispute between a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader Babu and an AL activist Rezaul Karim turned into a battle leaving 20 of both the groups injured.

MOULVIBAZAR
Activists of 14-party coalition yesterday damaged around 10 buses and six three wheelers in Kusumbag area of Moulvibazar district town.

SAVAR
14-party demonstrators yesterday damaged around five vehicles while vehicular movement on Dhaka-Aricha, Nabinagar-Kaliakoir, and Baipail-Dhaka highways remained suspended.

CHITTAGONG
The blockade in Chittagong passed peacefully yesterday keeping the port city detached from other parts of the country for the fourth consecutive day.

With delivery of goods remaining suspended due to the blockade, an unprecedented congestion of containers was created inside Chittagong port.

KHULNA
Rupsha inter-city train that left Khulna Railway Station at 7:55am yesterday came under attack of blockaders at 8:10am at a level crossing leaving the train damaged and disrupting train communication for the day.

But blockades at 22 points in the city passed peacefully. The blockading coalition erected makeshift podiums at nine of the 22 points.

BRAHMANBARIA
A human hauler was damaged and railway sleepers were uprooted in Brahmanbaria. There was no vehicular traffic on Brahmanbaria-Dhaka, Brahmanbaria-Chittagong, Brahmanbaria-Mymensingh, and Dhaka-Agartala highways. Akhaura land port and Ashuganj river port also remained inactive. Brahmanbaria town was totally under control of the blockaders till noon.