The World - News from May 15, 1986
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Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, was paralyzed for six hours by a strike called to protest alleged election fraud. Police said at least 23 people were injured, including eight hurt when a bomb thrown at a police vehicle instead hit a passenger bus. The strike was called by the leftist opposition Awami League to protest alleged fraud and voter intimidation by the military government’s Jatiya Party in the May 7 parliamentary elections. Unofficial results gave Jatiya 134 seats, the Awami League, 88, and others, 44.
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