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BNP-Jamaat’s torture on voters in 2001: Murder threat to refrain minorities from voting

The violence and attacks on minorities increased at an alarming rate just before the 2001 elections. BNP-Jamaat terrorists beat and threatened more than half a hundred families to refrain from voting. According to a news report by the Prothom Alo on October 1, 2001, the leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islam and Chhatra Dal-Shibir systematically thr...

BNP-Jamaat regime: Denmark withdrew Tk 264 crore aid for endless corruption

The BNP-Jamaat alliance started plundering countless money from the country's every sector including energy, power, climate, telecommunication, and shipping since they came to power in 2001. Denmark withdrew Tk 264 crores (USD 45.5 million) from the development of Bangladesh's shipping sector in 2002 due to the corruption of Khaleda Zia's shippi...

How were the first 100 days of the BNP-Jamaat rule?

The regime from 2001 to 2006 will always be marked as a horrible period in the political history of Bangladesh. This regime of BNP-Jamaat is a sign of how hellish a country can be taken by the ruling party. Even today, those days still haunt the people who witnessed the regime. Without waiting, the thugs started a rampage even before coming to p...

BNP-Jamaat sponsored Militant Outfit JMB to Carry Out Terrorism across the Country

Immediately after formatting the government in 2001, the BNP-Jamaat men started massacring the Awami League leaders and activists, including killing, torturing, extorting, looting and raping their women. They even hired militant outfits to carry out killing missions across the country. Khaleda Zia’s government used to communicate with the milit...

From 2001 to 2006: BNP leaders grabbed thousands of acres of land illegally by filling the river

The top brushes of BNP-Jamaat grabbed the country’s land using their state and muscle power during their tenure between 2001 and 2006. They built illegal structures by filling up thousands of acres of land in Buriganga, Turag rivers in Dhaka and Shitalaksha river in Narayanganj. As soon as Tarique Rahman gong started illegally occupying 15...