International, MNA | The two top leaders of Bangladesh's main opposition party were arrested by police early Friday, a day before a planned rally to call for the prime minister's resignation.
The police on Friday arrested two main opposition leaders of Bangladesh, a day before the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) had planned a rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
BNP general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with the former minister and member of the decision-making body of the party Mirza Abbas were arrested from their homes by the police at around 3 am on Friday, head of BNP's media wing Zahiruddin Swapan said.
BNP’s secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas was picked by the detective branch personnel from their homes in separate pre-dawn raids in the capital city
DHAKA (AFP) – Two top leaders of Bangladesh’s main opposition party were taken from their homes by police in the early hours yesterday, a day before a planned rally to call for the prime minister’s resignation. Protests sparked by power cuts and fuel price hikes have erupted across the country in recent months, demanding that […]