Dhaka: Opposition chief whip Joynal Abdin Farroque, severely beaten by police during hartal hours on Wednesday, being taken for medical treatment by his party colleagues. -Photo: Zahiduddin Ahmed Saimon See details
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Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President . SANAA, June 20 (AP): Tens of thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets of the capital, demanding that the president's son leave the country.
Ahmed Saleh, 42, is a one-time heir apparent who commands the elite Yemeni Presidential Guard. The force has been leading the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators since the uprising began in February.
Demonstrators on Monday called for him to leave, along with his brother Khaled, who is also an army commander.
Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's president of nearly 33 years, was badly wounded in an attack on his presidential compound earlier this month and is undergoing medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.
A ruling party official said last week he would return soon, though he faces growing pressure at home and abroad to step down.
Meanwhile: At least 12 militants and nine soldiers were killed in three clashes on Sunday in southern Yemen, where Islamists and separatists have launched several attacks during the country's bloody political crisis.
Twelve militants and two soldiers were killed outside Zinjibar-the capital of the flashpoint southern province of Abyan, a military official said.
A local official later told Reuters that five soldiers were killed in a separate attack by militants near Zinjibar.
In the southern province of Lahej, a local official said two soldiers were killed in a shootout.
Thousands of people have fled the clashes between the army and militants believed to be close to al Qaeda in the southern province of Abyan, after its capital Zinjibar fell to militants last month.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's opponents have accused him of handing over Zinjibar to Islamists to reinforce his threat that the end of his three-decade rule, as demanded by protesters, would amount to ceding the region to al Qaeda.
In Lahej, where both separatists and Islamist forces have as much or more sway than the central government, gunmen have launched bold attacks in recent weeks.
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Brahmanbaria, June 18 (bdnews24.com) ? All activities at Akhaura land port have come to a halt due to Union Parishad elections set to be held in the area on Sunday.
"There'll be no trading through the port on Saturday and Sunday," port's C&F Agent Association general secretary Monir Hossain Babul told bdnews24.com.
Babul said the port activities were suspended following a decision taken by the exporters-importers' association because of the local body elections.
"There'll no trading also on Sunday as it's a holiday in India. However, passengers can pass through the port," he said.
Customs official Abul Bashar Chowdhury said the export-import through the land port would resume on Monday.
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