31.   DHAKA - Opposition parties called for an immediate general strike Wednesday in the Bangladeshi capital in an attempt to foil a pro-government rally the same day, residents said.

32.   Foreign diplomats in the Bangladeshi capital have been advised to avoid particularly violence-prone downtown areas for security reasons, diplomatic sources here said Thursday.

33.   The worst market fire ever in the Bangladeshi capital reduced the site to rubble.

34.   Three people were killed in two separate explosions in the southeastern hill district and near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, newspapers here reported Wednesday.

35.   Three-wheeled taxis were back on the streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Sunday after a three-day strike was called off.

36.   Opposition parties called for an immediate general strike Wednesday in the Bangladeshi capital in an attempt to quash support for a pro-government rally the same day, residents said.

37.   Opposition parties called for an immediate general strike Wednesday in the Bangladeshi capital in an attempt to foil a pro-government rally the same day, residents said.

38.   Six suspected highway bandits were beaten to death Wednesday by an angry mob in the Bangladeshi capital, local police said.

39.   Taxi drivers in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Wednesday announced they would continue their strike indefinitely, but state-run television said the strike had been called off.

40.   The Bangladeshi capital Dhaka was hit by torrential monsoon rains Tuesday with thunder bolts jolting buildings, streets flooded and commuters stranded.