Bangladesh protests kills one and wounded 50
Operations at Bangladesh's main port, Chittagong, were halted by the opposition action. More than 60 foreign and local merchant ships have been stranded at berths and the outer anchorage over the past two days.
The caretaker government of President Iajuddin Ahmed said it would deploy the army, if needed, to keep order.
The 14-party alliance led by Awami League leader Hasina wants the president to sack Chief Election Commissioner M.A. Aziz and his deputies. It says Aziz and his deputies are biased in favor of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of Begum Khaleda Zia, who ended her five-year term as prime minister last month.
Aziz, a retired Supreme Court judge, has refused to quit and BNP officials threatened to launch a "counter-protest" if the Awami League did not call off the transport blockade soon.
Editor:Sun Luying
