Police return to work as strike ends in Bangladesh
(VOVWORLD) - In Bangladesh, after a week’s absence, police started returning to work on Monday. After attacks on many police stations across Bangladesh following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, police personnel stayed home, citing safety concerns.
 A member of the traffic police is controlling traffic on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 12 (Photo: Getty Images/Xinhua) |
During the violent protests of the past weeks, more than 400 police stations were attacked. On August 6 the Bangladesh Police Subordinate Employees Association announced an indefinite strike in the interest of personal safety.
At the request of leaders of Bangladesh’s student protests and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the parliament and appointed Nobel economist Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government. Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh's interim government last Thursday.