Strike cripples Bangladesh as death toll rises to 80 A petrol bomb exploded outside the hotel of Indian President in Bangladesh capital on March 4, 2013 as three more protestors died in a wave of violence sparked by the prosecution of Islamists leaders. The guilty verdicts and the ensuing violence prompted Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami to call a two-day nationwide strike that began Sunday and crippled the country again on Monday. Images.