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Bangladesh opposition chief could face murder trial over arson attack Bangladesh opposition chief could face murder trial over arson attack
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Bangladesh’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia has been threatened with murder charges after an arson attack by supporters left three people severely injured. Bangladesh’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia has been threatened with murder charges after an arson attack by supporters last week left three people severely injured.
The threat came a day after the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, accused her rival of trying to trigger anarchy and followed the killing of four activists from Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist party in unrest on Monday – a year on from Hasina’s controversial re-election. On Monday the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, accused her rival of trying to trigger anarchy, and four activists from Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist party were killed in further unrest.
Zia has been confined to her offices in Dhaka since Saturday night, her compound padlocked and police posted outside. Last week three people were injured when an auto rickshaw was firebombed by protesters in Dhaka. On Tuesday the information minister, Hasanul Haq Inu, said of Zia: “She should prepare for a murder case.”
The three people injured in the alleged BNP attack in Dhaka last week were in an auto rickshaw that was firebombed by protesters. “She should prepare for a murder case,” information minister Hasanul Haq Inu said of Zia. Zia has been confined to her offices in Dhaka since Saturday night, her compound padlocked and police posted outside. On Monday she called for a nationwide transport blockade in an effort to topple the government, a year on from Hasina’s re-election.
On Monday, Zia called for a nationwide transport blockade in an effort to topple the government. On Tuesday, a private television network was forced off air and its chairman arrested after broadcasting a speech from London by her exiled son. On Tuesday, a private television network was forced off air and its chairman arrested after broadcasting a speech from London by her exiled son. Police said the detention of the ETV chairman was prompted by the channel’s airing of “pornographic” material, but a senior editor dismissed the official explanation as a smokescreen.
While police said the detention of the ETV chairman was prompted by the channel’s airing of pornographic material, a senior editor dismissed the official explanation as a smokescreen. Zia’s eldest son, Tarique Rahman, who has been living in exile since 2008, is seen as his mother’s heir apparent. He has become a particular bane of the government after claiming that Hasina’s father – widely regarded as the hero of Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war from Pakistan – was a stooge of Islamabad.
Zia’s eldest son, Tarique Rahman, who has been living in exile since 2008, is seen as his mother’s heir apparent. Hasina and Zia have between them ruled Bangladesh for most of the last three decades. They have a notoriously poisonous relationship and frequently exchange insults and barbs about each other’s families. Ties hit a new low after the BNP and 19 other opposition parties boycotted last year’s elections, claiming the contest was rigged.
He has become a particular bane of the government after claiming that Hasina’s father – widely regarded as the hero of Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war from Pakistan – was a stooge of Islamabad.
Hasina and Zia have between them ruled Bangladesh for most of the last three decades. They have a notoriously poisonous relationship and frequently exchange insults and barbs about each other’s families.
Ties hit a new low after the BNP and 19 other opposition parties boycotted last year’s elections, claiming the contest was rigged.