DHAKA: Unknown assailants on Tuesday morning shot dead an office-bearer of the Awami League, which immediately gave a call for a dawn-to-dusk strike on Wednesday. The 42-year-old Khorshed Alam Bachchu was legal affairs secretary of the party’s Dhaka unit. Officials said nine bullets had pierced Mr Bachchu’s chest, throat and abdomen. He died on the spot. Outraged Awami League workers took out a procession and damaged some vehicles. Tamil residents observe strike in Trincomalee
