Dhaka, Feb. 9 -- party electoral alliance, led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam, on Monday demanded the Election Commission not to slow down mobile internet speed during the referendum and 13th parliamentary election scheduled for February 12 next.

"It is being heard that the mobile internet would be slowed down ... .We told them (EC) that they should not issue another letter or circular citing that the internet would be shut down. Such decisions were in fact fascism acts. We won't like to see it. They told us clearly that such a decision won't be taken on their part," said Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair.

He was briefing reporters after a meeting between a delegation of the 11-party electoral alliance and Chief El...