Activists of BNP and its fundamentalist ally Jamaat-e- Islami uprooted railway tracks in major routes, torched buses, cars and trains, and exploded crude bombs after the government rejected their calls to postpone the elections, witnesses and media reports said.
An unidentified man was killed in clashes between opposition activists and the police in northwestern Sirajganj.
Acts of sabotages were reported from different other districts.
The other two deaths were reported last night soon after the announcement of the election schedule.
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Railway links between Dhaka and southeastern port city of Chittagong and northeastern Sylhet were cut off as the opposition activists uprooted of train tracks at central Brahmanbaria while they set on fire several compartments of a stationed train at northwestern Iswardy.
Buses were stopped as the opposition coalition last night announced the blockade for highways, railways and waterways to protest against the "election of farce", prompting authorities to call out paramilitary BGB troops to guard the capital and other major cities.
Rakibuddin said the statutory independent constitutional body so far awaited the major parties to reach an understanding over their dispute "but now we don't have time to delay further" as the commission was obligated to hold the polls within January 24 under a constitutional deadline.
According to the schedule December 2 is the last date for submission of nomination papers, meaning the opposition must decide its stance on the polls in the next one week.