Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- In a pointed challenge to the interim government's handling of Bangladesh's transition toward elections, the Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday accused sections of the administration - including senior civil servants and even some advisers to the interim authority - of bias, claiming that a "level playing field" for all political groups remains elusive ahead of the national polls expected in February.
At a rally following Friday prayers near Baitul Mokarram National Mosque in Dhaka, the party's secretary-general, Professor Mia Golam Parwar, charged that certain officers and advisers were working under political pressure to influence the coming vote.
Without naming individuals, he said that the actions of ...