9 arrested over Awami League procession in Dhaka's Tejgaon

Police have arrested nine people for taking part in an Awami League procession in defiance of a ban on the party from engaging in political activities. On Friday, more than a thousand leaders and activists under the banner of Dhaka Metropolitan North Awami League brought out a procession in the capital's Tejgaon. Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station chief Md Aslam Hossain said seven people were arrested directly at the scene, while two others were detained separately. “We arrested seven from the procession and two from other locations,” he said on Saturday. Among the nine, six are between 19 and 27 years old. Those arrested at the procession are Ziaur Rahman, 20, Rubel Hossain, 27, Abdur Rahman, 40, Hridoy Rafi, 19,...