After disconnecting power connection to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office, the authorities concerned on Saturday also cut off satellite and internet connections to it. BNP Chairperson’s media wing member Shamsuddin Didar said they found the satellite and internet connections disconnected at noon. He, however, could not confirm when exactly the internet and satellite connections were severed. Earlier, Dhaka Electric Supply Company (Desco) Limited disconnected the electricity line to Khaleda’ office early Saturday. Declining to be named, a Desco lineman told reporters that he had cut off the power line following an order from Gulshan thana police. Earlier on Friday, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan warned that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia would be confined and water and electricity supply to her office as well as food supply for her would be stopped if she did not withdraw the ongoing blockade before the SSC examinations scheduled to begin on Monday (Feb 2). BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has been staying at her Gulshan political office since January 3 as she had been virtually confined there for 15 days following her announcement to hold mass rallies in Dhaka to mark ‘Democracy Killing Day’ on January 5, the first anniversary of the last parliamentary polls that her BNP and its allies boycotted. –UNB, Dhaka.
