Information About Incident 62112-124768-316284 in Tangail Bangladesh

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It said that the Government wanted to eradicate Islam from Bangladesh by killing Sayedee.'

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Islam Bangladesh
• Matched District: Tangail
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: the Government
• Subject: Sayedee

Context

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Meanwhile, JeI enforces a 48-hour countrywide general strike beginning March 3 demanding the release of its Nayeb-e-Amir (Vice President) Delwar Hossain Sayedee, and and the killing of JeI-ICS cadres in violence that followed the pronouncement of the verdict against Sayedee, reports New Age. The party alleged that the Government had planned to kill Sayedee using court to thwart Islamic movement. It said that the Government wanted to eradicate Islam from Bangladesh by killing Sayedee. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, Khaleda Zia, also the leader of the opposition in the parliament, on March 1 announced a countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike for March 5 in protest at genocide by law enforcers. She said As the largest responsible political party, we cannot sit back and watch when the Government is pushing the country into a precarious situation and carrying out mass murder. Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), also a partner in BNP-led alliance, extended its support for the strikes JeI and the BNP called. The IOJ extends its support for the general strike spanning three days in protest against mass murder, the party s publicity secretary Abdullah Wasel told after a meeting of the party s highest policy-making committee on March 2.

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