DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Bangladesh security forces are preparing for more violence after several weeks of unrest between the country's main political factions that have left 31 people dead and hundreds injured.
More than 7,000 people have been arrested in the country's worst political violence since the national election a year ago that saw Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina re-elected. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Khaleda Zia, wants Hasina to step down. She has refused and denounced the opposition as militants.