Professor Mia Golam Parwar Dhaka TribuneThey have been detained on charges of conspiring to commit sedition, say policePolice have detained nearly a dozen of senior leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, a key ally of the BNP, in Dhaka on charges of conspiring anti-state activities. They had met in secret to plot sedition and destabilize the country, he told media. On Monday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that they were organizing the party to wage a movement to remove the "dictatorial-fascist Awami government". On Saturday, Fakhrul hoped that party chief Khaleda Zia would again lead the BNP after her complete release from jail. He also urged the party leaders and activists to restore democracy by ousting the current "fascist regime" through a movement.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 06, 2021 14:38 UTC