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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-jan-5-oppositionblockade-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Methods</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Violent protests, petrol and crude bombs.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;">Parties</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><table style="width:100%; border-spacing:0; margin:0; text-align:left; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%;"><div> <a href="/wiki/Awami_League" title="Awami League">Awami League</a></div></td> <td style="width:50%; padding-left:0.25em; border-left:1px dotted #aaa"><div> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Nationalist_Party" title="Bangladesh Nationalist Party">Bangladesh Nationalist Party</a></div></td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th 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href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" title="Sheikh Hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a> </p> </div> <div> <p><a href="/wiki/Khaleda_Zia" title="Khaleda Zia">Khaleda Zia</a> </p> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;">Casualties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Death(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Official account: 55<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-17-shahbaghblast_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-17-shahbaghblast-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (April 2015)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> (as of 17 February 2015)<br /><i>Dhaka Tribune</i> account: 75<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-20-narsingdiarson_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-20-narsingdiarson-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. 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Shahabuddin">Mohammed Shahabuddin</a></i><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Adviser_(Bangladesh)" title="Chief Adviser (Bangladesh)">Chief Adviser</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus" title="Muhammad Yunus">Muhammad Yunus</a></i><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Bangladesh" title="Cabinet of Bangladesh">Cabinet</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Yunus_ministry" title="Yunus ministry">Yunus (interim)</a></i><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Bangladesh" title="Taxation in Bangladesh">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_agencies_in_Bangladesh" title="Government agencies in Bangladesh">Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Civil_Service" title="Bangladesh Civil Service">Civil Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Bangladesh" title="Local government in Bangladesh">Local governments</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#56bf85; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Sangsad" title="Jatiya Sangsad"> <span style="color:#FFF;"> Parliament </span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Emblem_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad.svg/50px-Emblem_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Emblem_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad.svg/75px-Emblem_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Emblem_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad.svg/100px-Emblem_of_the_Jatiya_Sangsad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> 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href="/wiki/High_Court_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="High Court Division">High Court Division</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_courts_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District courts of Bangladesh (page does not exist)">District courts</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_courts_of_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan courts of Bangladesh">Metropolitan courts</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Bangladesh" title="Chief Justice of Bangladesh">Chief Justice</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Syed_Refaat_Ahmed" title="Syed Refaat Ahmed">Syed Refaat Ahmed</a></i></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Bangladesh" title="Attorney General of Bangladesh">Attorney General</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/AM_Amin_Uddin" title="AM Amin Uddin">AM Amin Uddin</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Bar_Council" title="Bangladesh Bar Council">Bangladesh Bar 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class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" title="Sheikh Hasina"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #FFF; text-decoration: inherit;">Sheikh Hasina</span></a></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina#Background_and_early_life" title="Sheikh Hasina">Early life and education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman" title="Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman">Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">First Premiership (1996–2001)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharing_the_water_of_the_Ganges" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharing the water of the Ganges">Sharing the water of the Ganges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Hill_Tracts_Peace_Accord" title="Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord">Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Bangladesh" title="Telecommunications in Bangladesh">Bangladesh Telecommunication Act, 1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indemnity_Act_(Bangladesh)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indemnity Act (Bangladesh)">Repeal of the Indemnity Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashrayan_Project" title="Ashrayan Project">Ashrayan-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-8_Organization_for_Economic_Cooperation" title="D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation">D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal_Initiative_for_Multi-Sectoral_Technical_and_Economic_Cooperation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation">BIMSTEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Bangladesh%E2%80%93India_border_clashes" title="2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes">2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">Opposition Leader (2001–2009)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Dhaka_grenade_attack" title="2004 Dhaka grenade attack">2004 Dhaka grenade attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%932008_Bangladeshi_political_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis">2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logi_Boitha_Movement" title="Logi Boitha Movement"><i>Logi Boitha</i> Movement</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">Second Premiership (2009–2024)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vision_2021" title="Vision 2021">Vision 2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforced_disappearances_in_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh">Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aynaghar" title="Aynaghar">Aynaghar</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Rifles_revolt" title="Bangladesh Rifles revolt">Bangladesh Rifles revolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Terrorism_Act,_2009" title="Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009">Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Rakhine_State_riots" title="2012 Rakhine State riots">2012 Rakhine State riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Crimes_Tribunal_(Bangladesh)" title="International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)">International Crimes Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Shahbag_protests" title="2013 Shahbag protests">2013 Shahbag protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Bangladesh_violence" title="2013 Bangladesh violence">2013 Bangladesh violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torture_and_Custodial_Death_(Prevention)_Act,_2013" title="Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013">Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Bridge_graft_scandal" title="Padma Bridge graft scandal">Padma Bridge graft scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Bangla" title="Young Bangla">Young Bangla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacks_by_Islamic_extremists_in_Bangladesh" title="Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh">Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Dhaka_attack" title="July 2016 Dhaka attack">July 2016 Dhaka attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Bank_robbery" title="Bangladesh Bank robbery">Bangladesh Bank robbery</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2015 Bangladeshi political crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Bangladesh_enclaves" title="India–Bangladesh enclaves">Indo-Bangla land boundary agreement, 2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Bangladesh" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashrayan_Project" title="Ashrayan Project">Ashrayan-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_state_visit_by_Sheikh_Hasina_to_China" title="2024 state visit by Sheikh Hasina to China">State visit to China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Student%E2%80%93People%27s_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="Student–People's uprising">Student–People's uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resignation_of_Sheikh_Hasina" title="Resignation of Sheikh Hasina">Resignation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controversies_related_to_Sheikh_Hasina" title="Controversies related to Sheikh Hasina">Controversies</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Parties and Alliances</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Awami_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladesh Awami League">Awami League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Alliance_(Bangladesh)" title="Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)">Grand Alliance</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Elections</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="1986 Bangladeshi general election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="1988 Bangladeshi general election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="1991 Bangladeshi general election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1996_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="February 1996 Bangladeshi general election">February 1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1996_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="June 1996 Bangladeshi general election">June 1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="2001 Bangladeshi general election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="2008 Bangladeshi general election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="2014 Bangladeshi general election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="2018 Bangladeshi general election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="2024 Bangladeshi general election">2024</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Ministries</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Hasina_ministry" title="First Hasina ministry">First ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Hasina_ministry" title="Second Hasina ministry">Second ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Hasina_ministry" title="Third Hasina ministry">Third ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Hasina_ministry" title="Fourth Hasina ministry">Fourth ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Hasina_ministry" title="Fifth Hasina ministry">Fifth ministry</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">National Projects</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li><a 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title="Purbachal New Town">Purbachal New Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangabandhu-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangabandhu-1">Bangabandhu-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MRT_Line_6" title="MRT Line 6">MRT Line 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matarbari_Port" title="Matarbari Port">Matarbari Port</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">Others</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_prime_ministerial_trips_made_by_Sheikh_Hasina" title="List of international prime ministerial trips made by Sheikh Hasina">State visits</a></li></ul></div></div> <hr /> <div class="skin-invert-image"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" title="Sheikh Hasina's signature"><img alt="Sheikh Hasina's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sheikh_hasina_signature.svg/100px-Sheikh_hasina_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sheikh_hasina_signature.svg/150px-Sheikh_hasina_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sheikh_hasina_signature.svg/200px-Sheikh_hasina_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="218" /></a></span></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Seal_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Seal_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh.svg/250px-Seal_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </p> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sheikh_Hasina" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Sheikh Hasina"><b>Gallery</b>: Picture, Sound, Video</a></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sheikh_Hasina_sidebar" title="Template:Sheikh Hasina sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sheikh_Hasina_sidebar" title="Template talk:Sheikh Hasina sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li 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Following the controversial <a href="/wiki/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="2014 Bangladeshi general election">2014 Bangladeshi general election</a>, the BNP raised several demands for a second election under a neutral <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government" title="Caretaker government">caretaker government</a>. By 5 January 2015, the first anniversary of the election, their demands were not met and the BNP initiated countrywide protests and traffic blockades.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-mar-2-bnpdemandsun_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-mar-2-bnpdemandsun-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Bangladeshi_political_crisis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election" title="2014 Bangladeshi general election">2014 Bangladeshi general election</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Bangladeshi_political_crisis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 January 2015, Khaleda Zia urged members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to halt road, rail and river transport immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-jan-5-oppositionblockade_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-jan-5-oppositionblockade-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the start of the countrywide blockade. </p><p>On 18 February 2015, a Dhaka court issued arrest warrants for 23 BNP leaders and activists, including Joint Secretary-General Amanullah Aman, and former president of the <a href="/wiki/Jatiyatabadi_Chhatra_Dal" class="mw-redirect" title="Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal">Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal</a>, Sultan Salauddin Taku, for two arson cases. It was passed because the accused did not appear in the court during the hearing.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-19-courtordersbnparrests_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-19-courtordersbnparrests-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 February 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Sylhet" title="Sylhet">Sylhet</a>–<a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> intercity train, bound for Sylhet at the time, was firebombed when it was driving through the <a href="/wiki/Habiganj_District" title="Habiganj District">Habiganj District</a>. No casualties were reported as the driver sped away to safety. Reports of attempts to cause derailments has also been reported.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-20-trainfirebombed_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-20-trainfirebombed-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 February 2015, a special Judge Court in Bangladesh issued a warrant to arrest Khaleda Zia in two graft cases involving over US$650,000 after she had repeatedly failed to appear for the hearings. On 4 March 2015 the court upheld the arrest warrants issued against Zia, refusing request to withdraw the arrest warrant, filed by Zia's lawyer.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-mar-4-ziawarrantupheld_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-mar-4-ziawarrantupheld-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victims">Victims</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Bangladeshi_political_crisis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Victims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Cleanup plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-Cleanup" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section may <b>require <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup">cleanup</a></b> to meet Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">quality standards</a>. The specific problem is: <b>It will never be completed, we should summarise the section. All trivial incidents should not be added.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/2015_Bangladeshi_political_crisis" title="Special:EditPage/2015 Bangladeshi political crisis">improve this section</a> if you can.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A total of 75 victims has so far died as of 20 February 2015 in the country-wide blockade, of which 41 were victims of arson attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-20-narsingdiarson_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-20-narsingdiarson-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-18-deathtollat73_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-18-deathtollat73-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (April 2015)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Idris</i> (aged 18) and <i>Titu Acharjee</i> (aged 35), passengers of an auto-rickshaw, were attacked on 11 February 2015 with a petrol bomb at the Shah Mirpur area in Chittagong. Idris died in the afternoon at the <a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Medical_College_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Chittagong Medical College Hospital">Chittagong Medical College Hospital</a> (CMCH), while Titu was still undergoing treatment. Titu was returning from his home village.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-18-deathtollat73_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-18-deathtollat73-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Md Hossain</i> (aged 50), a day labourer by occupation, died on 15 February 2015. He received burn injuries in the Lalpool area behind the Dhaka–Chittagong highway.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-20-deathtollat74_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-20-deathtollat74-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Ali Hossain</i>, a pick-up van driver (aged 45), and his helpers <i>Mohammad Selim</i> (aged 40) and <i>Dulal Mia</i> (aged 30) were critically burned on 16 February 2015 by petrol bombs at the <a href="/wiki/Rangunia_Upazila" title="Rangunia Upazila">Rangunia Upazila</a> of Chittagong. They were admitted to the CMCH's burn unit.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-18-deathtollat73_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-18-deathtollat73-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Sahabuddin</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Compressed_natural_gas" title="Compressed natural gas">CNG</a>-run auto-rickshaw driver (aged 28) received injuries from splinters because some miscreants hurled crude bombs onto the road on 17 February 2015 in the <a href="/wiki/Hathazari_Upazila" title="Hathazari Upazila">Hathazari Upazila</a> of Chittagong. He was admitted into the CMCH Casualty ward.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-18-deathtollat73_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-18-deathtollat73-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Selina Akter</i>, a teacher at the Mohammadpur Commercial School and College (aged 35) and <i>Abdus Salam</i> were injured by splinters from a handmade bomb on 17 February 2015 at Shahbagh in the capital Dhaka. The splinter hit Selina's left leg, and another splinter hit Abdus' forehead. Abdus was given first aid and headed home, while Selina was rushed by pedestrians to the DMCH where she was admitted.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-17-shahbaghblast_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-17-shahbaghblast-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Chunnu Mia</i>, a truck driver, and his helper <i>Chayan both</i> sustained burn injuries as petrol bombs were hurled at their running truck on 18 February 2015 in the <a href="/wiki/Magura_Sadar_Upazila" title="Magura Sadar Upazila">Magura Sadar Upazila</a> of Khulna. They were admitted to the Magura Sadar hospital according to the police. As of 19 February 2015, they were medically out of danger.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-18-truckerburned_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-18-truckerburned-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Uzzal Hossain</i>, truck driver (aged 32) and his helper <i>Mamun Mia</i> (aged 22) were burned as a petrol bomb was hurled at their truck in the <a href="/wiki/Bhuapur_Upazila" title="Bhuapur Upazila">Bhuapur Upazila</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tangail" title="Tangail">Tangail</a> district. They were taken to the Tangail Medical College Hospital and then later referred to the <a href="/wiki/Dhaka_Medical_College_and_Hospital" title="Dhaka Medical College and Hospital">Dhaka Medical College and Hospital</a> (DMCH).<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-20-deathtollat74_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-20-deathtollat74-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Subhash Shome</i> (aged 65), <i>Saber Ahmed</i> (aged 25), <i>Nur Mohammad</i> (aged 30) and <i>Md Nasir</i> (aged 40) were burned and four more were injured, <i>Rupam Debnath</i> (aged 25), <i>Md Arif</i> (aged 30), <i>Md Sohel</i> (aged 25), and <i>Md Mozammel Haque</i> (aged 26). A petrol bomb was thrown at their bus in the Pologround area in <a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a> at midnight on 18 February 2015. They were admitted to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), but Subhash was later transferred to the DMCH as his condition worsened. The other four injured passengers were given first aid. The bus was travelling to the Chittagong New Market area when the petrol bomb was thrown. "The driver lost control after the attack and the vehicle ploughed into the central reservation", said Nayek Hamidur Rahman of the CMCH police outpost.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-20-deathtollat74_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-20-deathtollat74-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Zahid Ahmed</i>, another pick-up van driver, died in the DMCH after sustaining burn injuries from an arson attack on 20 February 2015. Two others, including Zahid, also received burns as more miscreants set a cargo truck alight with petrol bombs at the <a href="/wiki/Palash_Upazila" title="Palash Upazila">Palash Upazila</a> of <a href="/wiki/Narsingdi" title="Narsingdi">Narsingdi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-20-narsingdiarson_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-20-narsingdiarson-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aid">Aid</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Bangladeshi_political_crisis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 25 January 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Bashundhara_Group" title="Bashundhara Group">Bashundhara Group</a> donated <a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_Taka" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladeshi Taka">Tk</a> 20,000 ($260 or €240, as of March 2015) to each of the families of the 46 burn victims at the DMCH, totalling to Tk 920,000 ($12,000 or €11,000).<sup id="cite_ref-2015-jan-28-bashundharaaid_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-jan-28-bashundharaaid-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Benefit_concert" title="Benefit concert">charity concert</a> named the <i>"Concert for the Burned"</i> was held on 14 March as a <a href="/wiki/Fundraiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Fundraiser">fundraiser</a> for burn victims in the DMCH; of which a significant proportion were injured or killed in arson or petrol bomb attacks. The concert is planned to be held at the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Bangladesh" title="National Library of Bangladesh">National Library's</a> auditorium with an entry fee of Tk 250 ($3.2 or €3.0) per person that will be directly given to the DMCH.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-mar-10-dmchconcert_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-mar-10-dmchconcert-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Change sentence to past-tense as the concert is to be held on 14 March 2015. (March 2015)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reaction">Reaction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Bangladeshi_political_crisis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a statement on 13 February 2015, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, <a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Dujarric" title="Stéphane Dujarric">Stéphane Dujarric</a>, expressed concern over the Bangladeshi political crisis and called for a peaceful resolution.<sup id="cite_ref-2015-feb-13-unwantspeace_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015-feb-13-unwantspeace-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Bangladeshi_political_crisis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2015-jan-5-oppositionblockade-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2015-jan-5-oppositionblockade_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2015-jan-5-oppositionblockade_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30678474">"Bangladesh opposition leader Zia calls for blockade"</a>. <i>BBC World News</i>. 5 January 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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