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Bangladesh hit by second nationwide strike Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:55 PM PDT DHAKA - Bangladesh was brought to a halt for the second time in a week on Sunday as a 36-hour nationwide opposition strike over changes in the electoral system began, amid tight security. Police said 9,000 policemen and 3,000 paramilitary Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were deployed in the capital Dhaka after five vehicles, including three buses, were torched on Saturday, creating widespread panic. Shops, businesses and schools were shut on Sunday — a weekday in the Muslim-majority nation — and major roads and highways were deserted. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its key Islamist ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, are enforcing the strike in protest against changes in the electoral system, which they say unfairly favour the incumbent government. Dhaka police spokesman Masud Ahmed said magistrates were deployed on the roads to tackle violence head-on. - AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Sabahan urged to take advantage of Firefly flights Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:45 PM PDT KOTA KINABALU -- Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri today urged Sabahans to take advantage of the flight services provided by community airline Firefly, now that it is operating the Kota Kinabalu-Kuala Lumpur route. He said the airline using Boeing 737-800 aircraft for the route was a boon for passengers as besides the low fares, they could travel in comfort. The service would also give the tourism industry in Sabah a further boost, he told Bernama here today. He said that the Kota Kinabalu International Airport was currently handling around six million passengers a year and that based on growth projection of seven per cent annually, the figure waas expected to rise to 10 million by 2020. Sabah would benefit immensely from this as tourism was it most important economic sector, he added. -- BERNAMA Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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