Khaleda Zia and Bangladesh

political unrest: He said Bangladesh economic growth would have between 6.4 percent and 6.6 percent in the current 2014-15 fiscal unless the country suffers further shocks due to political unrest, according to Xinhua China. Political tension in Bangladesh heightened in January after ex- Prime Minister Khaleda Zia opposition alliance geared up anti- government agitation programs, demanding fresh elections under a non-party caretaker government system. The Washington-based lender in an updated report revealed that the country has suffered a financial loss of around 2.2 billion U. S. dollars in the last three months of political turmoil. "Bangladesh suffered a financial loss of some 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in January, February and March this year from the prolonged political unrest," Zahid Hossain, lead economist of the World Bank Dhaka office, told a press conference on Sunday in the city where the Bangladesh Development Update Report 2015 was launched. Khaleda BNP and its allies have observed nonstop blockade across the country since Jan. 5 demanding fresh elections under a non-party caretaker government system. The fresh wave of violence has left scores of people dead and hundreds injured. On top of its blockade campaign, BNP and its 19 allies including key Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party have observed strike at regular intervals in the last three months. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.