<p>Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of opposition activists in Bangladesh on Sunday as a nationwide strike over the disappearance of a senior politician brought daily life to a halt.<br /><br /></p>.<p>More than a dozen people were injured, four of them seriously, police said, as violence erupted in Sylhet, home to opposition leader Ilias Ali who has been missing for five days.<br /><br />Rights groups have blamed security agencies for the disappearance of dozens of opposition activists over the past two years, alleging the victims have been abducted on government orders. Ali, a regional head of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, is the highest profile opposition politician to have “disappeared” since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took power in January 2009.</p>
<p>Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of opposition activists in Bangladesh on Sunday as a nationwide strike over the disappearance of a senior politician brought daily life to a halt.<br /><br /></p>.<p>More than a dozen people were injured, four of them seriously, police said, as violence erupted in Sylhet, home to opposition leader Ilias Ali who has been missing for five days.<br /><br />Rights groups have blamed security agencies for the disappearance of dozens of opposition activists over the past two years, alleging the victims have been abducted on government orders. Ali, a regional head of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, is the highest profile opposition politician to have “disappeared” since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took power in January 2009.</p>