There are signs of growing concern within the govt over the constant disruptions caused by protests.
DHAKA – The solo protest of Bangladeshi hunger striker Mahbubul Haque Shipon is hard to spot among the six other demonstrations under way on the same busy thoroughfare.
The 47-year-old is calling for the ouster of Bangladesh’s President – still in office, but suspect as a Ms Hasina appointee – and the scrapping of the Constitution he blames for the country’s past woes. Non-stop demonstrations near the Secretariat building – the administrative nerve centre of Bangladesh’s government – have been gratefully catered to by the area’s street vendors.
“Some follow the rules, while many don’t, so we do not really know the actual number of demonstrations,” police officer Muhammad Talebur Rahman said.
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