Bangladesh Protesters Set Train on Fire Amid Opposition Strike

Crime Scene Unit members inspect the passenger train that was set on fire during a countrywide strike called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, ahead of the general election, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Dec. 19, 2023. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

DHAKA—Protesters in Bangladesh set a train ablaze on Tuesday, killing four people, among them a mother and child, amid a countrywide strike called by the opposition to press its demand for the government to resign ahead of next month’s general elections.

It was the latest strife sparked by anti-government protests in which dozens of buses and vehicles have been set on fire, with at least six people killed since Oct. 28, when an opposition rally turned violent.