BNP Vice-Chairman Advocate Khondkar Mahbub Hossain speaking at a protest meeting organised by Zia Adarsha Academy at the Jatiya Press Club on Saturday demanding release of BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and other leaders of the party.

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Questions rise over jailing 11,600 in BD crackdown

AP, New Delhi :Within six days of announcing a crackdown on Islamist militants, Bangladesh had filled its jailhouses with 11,600 new detainees in what seemed like an astonishing display of law enforcement might. The problem is, less than 2 percent of those picked up are suspected radicals, and not one is considered to be a high-level operative.The rest? Most are accused of petty crimes such as theft, burglary or small-time drug smuggling. At least 2,000 are members of the main...

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