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Dhaka, Feb 12 (IANS) Violence continues to rage across Bangladesh as the country votes during the 13th parliamentary election on Thursday. Nasiruddin Patwari, a candidate for the 11-party alliance and leader of the National Citizens Party (NCP), was reportedly attacked as he was visiting a polling booth in the Dhaka-8 constituency. Bangladesh’s leading Bengali daily Jugantor reported that Patwari was attacked while speaking to reporters at the centre around 12 noon on Thursday. Safely rescued by…

Dhaka, Dec 29 (IANS) Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government in Bangladesh, appears to be steering, or at least enabling, hardline Islamic agendas with ministers and bureaucrats, in the administration heavily influenced by extremist radical groups like Jamaat-e-Islami and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a report stated on Monday. It also added that the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the radical platform, Inqilab Moncha — raises fundamental questions about the role of the Yun…