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Khaleda to get son Tarique to rebuild BNP

Fri, 06/19/2009 - 10:21 by preet_20

Dhaka, June 19: Bangladesh opposition leader and two-time prime minister Khaleda Zia may get her politician son Tarique Rahman to return from Britain to rejuvenate the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a media report here said Friday.

Tarique, who faces graft charges, had given an understanding that he would quit politics when the previous military-backed caretaker government freed him from jail to go abroad for medical treatment.

However, BNP leaders told a rally here Thursday that he had recovered and would return to resume political work, The Daily Star reported.

Since her poll defeat last December, Zia is reportedly finding it difficult to stop in-fighting among party leaders and wants Tarique's help.

Opposition leader accused of instigating Dhaka mutiny

Thu, 06/04/2009 - 10:41 by Salinder Kumar

Dhaka, June 4: The Bangladesh government has for the first time accused a former lawmaker of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of instigating the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers' mutiny in which over 80 people were killed.

Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu instigated the border guards who were involved in the carnage at their headquarters at Pilkhana in the national capital, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) told a Dhaka court Wednesday.

Pintu, having a criminal record as per media reports, was on the run. But he was caught last Monday outside a court premises. He had donned a lawyer's gown and helmet and tried

to flee on a motorcycle.

The CID submitted a detailed report on Pintu's role while seeking his remand for interrogation, The Daily Star said.