Bangladesh Police Arrest Key Opposition Leader

Police in Bangladesh have arrested the deputy leader of the country's main opposition party following two days of protests that left four dead and dozens more injured. Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary-general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was arrested Tuesday after leaving the National Press Club in the capital, Dhaka, where he had taken shelter. His detention comes as BNP Chief Khaleda Zia remains confined to her office in Dhaka by police seeking to prevent her from...

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