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Back in 1999, when I was arrested, I was placed at the Old 20 cell in the Dhaka Central Jail. At that time, leader of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), Anup Chetia alias Golap Baruah along with his two comrades was in the New 20 Cells, just stone throwing distance from that of mine.
The next parliament elections are around the corner, expected in January 2024. The hardline Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) after 10 years of hiatus held its first rally in Dhaka, on June 10.
The three-hour-long event was held
The article discusses the devastating impact of the BNP-Jamaat government's misrule and corruption on farmers during Khaleda Zia's tenure as prime minister from 2001 to 2006. The power crisis and the BNP leaders' involvement in a fertilizer scandal led to a decrease in food grain production, forcing many small farmers to abandon cultivation and migrate in search of food and work. Reports reveal that BNP leaders created a crisis in the market, hoarded fertilizers, produced counterfeit fertilizers, and sold them at exorbitant prices to a select few wealthy farmers. As a consequence, fertilizer became unaffordable for most ordinary farmers. The article further details the damage caused to boro crops in the Barendra region and the 50% drop in crop production in 2006 due to fertilizer shortage.