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Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
should be tossed in the calaboose
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
for unleashing violence, hurling bombs in the name of [political] movement. It is the demand of the people to arrest her and save the country from terrorism and militancy," said Hassan Mahmud at a discussion at the National Press Club auditorium.
The event was organised by Bangladesh Awami Hawkers' League protesting the country-wide blockade and hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
s called by the BNP led 20-party alliance. President of the hawkers' league SM Zakaria Hanif presided over the discussion.
The former minister also said: "Strikes and blockades are the highest form of political movement but BNP-Jamaat has reduced the integrity of these forms of protest. All government and non-government offices, business establishments, banks are functioning normally and employee attendance everywhere is normal."