bdnews24.com, Dhaka

The government has once again extended the deadline, this time to May 31, for submission of prayers to cancel cases filed for ‘political harassment’.
The home ministry yesterday issued a circular, its public relations officer Md Shahenoor Miah Shaheen told bdnews24.com.
Earlier, in April, the deadline had been extended until May 17.
District-level scrutiny committees are reviewing cases filed under previous governments to persecute politicians.
The four-member district-level scrutiny panels, led by district magistrates, are also composed of a police superintendent, additional district magistrate and public prosecutor. [Read more]