A section of leaders of the Awami League and its associate bodies, whose names came up in the investigation of illegal casino business, seem to have become active in politics again ahead of the next general election.
For the past month, every lamppost, electric pole and balustrade in the neighbourhoods in Dhaka-14 constituency was strung up with technicolor posters of at least 33 politicians vying to be the oarsman of one boat that of the seat left empty by deceased parliamentarian Aslamul Haque.