A Bangladeshi man reads a newspaper as he waits for a bus during an ongoing blockade called by the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Bangladeshi police said they conducted raids and arrested three leading opposition members on Tuesday, exacerbating political tensions after a violent general election. Nearly 300 people have lost their lives in political violence since last February. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)