The Opposition-called 60-hour countrywide harial ended yesterday claiming three lives and injuring al least 570 people in clashes, bomb explosions and gunfight.

Truck driver l;aycz Ahmed, 50, was killed in I eni on Sunday when pro-hartal pickets hurled a bomb on his truck.

An unidentified rickshawpuller. injured in a bomb blast near Tejturibazar in the city on Sunday, died a( Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday Another rickshawpuiler, Badaruddm, 32, injured in a bomb explosion near New Market on Monday, died at Suhrawardy Hospital yesterday.

At least 270 people were injured yesterday in clashes involving pro-and anti-hartal activists and police. Of (hem 12 were in the city.

Ol the rest. lOOwerein Pabna,50in Munshiganj. 20 in

Chittagong, 30 in Nature. 20inKushtia. lOinMagura. 15 in (.handpur. eight in Kurigram and five in Narsingdi. according to our correspondents and news agency reports.

About 200 people were injured on Sunday and 100 on Monday across the country.

Police yesterday arrested 43 people in Dhaka. 15 in Chittagong. 14 in Magura. three in (.handpur and 15 in Munshiganj.

The BNP-led opposition alliance had called hartal on Sunday and Monday as its ultimatum to the government to resign by March 30 went unheeded. It later supported yesterday’s hartal call, given by pro-Opposition student bodies.

1 he hartal disrupted normal life and economic activities and kept motorised vehicles off the roads

In Munshiganj, at least 30 people were injured, 12 ol(hem bullet -hit. as armed activists of ruling Awami league and opposition BNP clashed intermittently from about noon at Mukhtarpar near the town.

A UNB report said the clashes ensued when ruling party activists raided ihe area to retaliate an attack on the father of a Juba League leader by BNP men.

Al least 100 shots were traded and scores of bombs set oil during the clashes that continued (ill about 9 pm.

In Dhaka city, pickets threw- a bomb al a ruling party procession led by Slate Minister lor Shipping Mofazzel I lossain ( howdhury Maya near the Jatiya Press Club al about 11:30am. None was injured.

T he AI activists ran away and later looted some shops at Topkhana Road. Shop owners Aziz and Monir alleged that Al activists looted Ik. 15,000 and Ik 5,000 in cash and goods from theii shops respectively.

Police batoned activists of latiya Chhatra Samaj, student front of Jatiya Parly (Matin-Naziur), when lour bombs were exploded near their rally al Bijoynagar al about 10:40am. Police picked up two activists from there.

Police fin d at least 20 (ear shells to disperse a procession ol Jaiiyatabadi Scchhakhebak Dal. a frqnl of BNP near Kakrail t tossing al about 3:45pm when lour bombs went oil there. Ihe procession was going io Ihe BNP ccnir.il office al Naya Pahan.

Police again lobbed tear shells and dispersed a joint rally ol pm-Opposhion siudeni fronts in Hu same area when three bombs went oil there al about 6:30pm

Jaiiyatabadi ( hhaira Dal activists damaged a bus near Kalaban crossing al about 12:45pm. I hey also cashed a Minister when he* was passing through the area in his offic ial car. Pickets sei fire to two rickshaws at Bijoynagar al about 10:20am.

Pic keis exploded several bombs during a clash with police al I axmiba/ai in Old I )haka

A microbus caught fire on Road No. 11 at Baridhara at about 3 pm when pro-hartal pickets threw two bombs on it. A car of an embassy was also damaged there.

Police said bomb explosions injured a minor boy and a woman at Nazimuddin Road, a rickshaw van driver at Islambag, a rickshawpuller at Pallabi and (he Demra union AL general secretary al Jatrabari.

Our Staff Correspondent reports from (Trit(agong: Ai least 20 people were injured, three of them bullet -hit. in clashes between activists of BNP and Al a( Agrabad and Sitakundain ihe port city.

Police arrested 15 people and filed cases against 19 Opposition leaders and activists with Double Mooring thana under the Public Safety Act yesterday for their alleged involvement in "destructive activities". A total of nine cases have been filed under the PSA against over 150 Opposition leaders and activists in Chittagong during the three-day hartal.

A UNBreport from Natoresaidal least 30 people were injured, eight of them bullri hit, in a clash between Opposition and ruling party activists al Malanchibazar upazila head-quariers yesterday. Seven ol the bullet-hit persons, all BNP ac tivists, were rushed to Rajshahi Medical ( ollegel lospilal

Witnesses said the clash ensued when Al activists altac ked a 4-pat ly joint procession there al about 10:30am. Al least 25 gunshots wen-fired and 35 homemade bombs exploded during ihe clash

Our Magura Correspondent reported that over 10 people were injured, lour ol litem critically, in a clash between BNP and AL activists al Rajibcrpara, six kilometres oil Magura town. Police picked up 14 people from the spot Ihe injured people were admitted lo the local hospital.

Another UNB report Itom < handpur said some 15 people including ASP Shalique I hldin were injured in a clash between tilling paily and Opposition aclivislsln the lownalaboul llkim.

I he clash ensued when Al activists attacked a meeting of BNP activists at Chowdhury- Ghat. The clash soon spread to Shapla Chhatar, Leker Par and Bakullala areas.

A UNB reports from Mymcnsingh said al least 20 people including four policemen were injured in the town in clashes between pro-and anti-hartal activists. Fen of them were injured at Choto Bazar crossing.

The four policemen were injured when a bomb was thrown on a police* patrol team on the KB Ismail I lossain Road.

Reports from Kurigram said a clash between activists of Jaiiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Chhatra League al Dada Square left eight people injured. Hartal supporters damaged a microbus and a cat and assaulted thiTNO ol Sadar thana.

UNB adds from Pabna: Some* 100 people were injured in a series of clashes between Awami I eaguc and BNP activists at Chatmohar and Suzanagar upazilas.

In Chaimohar, the trouble ensued al aboul 11 pm on Monday when supporters ol Awami I eaguc allegedly attacked a procession of BNP

Police* fired rubber bullets and teargas shellsand brought the situation undcrconirol.

Some HO people* from both sides were injured during ihe hour-long i lashes.

Ol the injured condition of B people was stated lo beet nn.il

Police* filed a case under PSA against 19 BN Pleaders and workers, including leader Prof Sultan Mahmud.

Ihe opposition pickets halted a local train at Chaimohar railw.u station yesteiday morning creating panic among the passengers.

Besides, BNP activists attacked a passenger bus and torched ii al Bhitbila in Suzanagar upazila lea\ ing20pi opleinjurrd.

lour of the* injured were admit ledloloealhospil.il