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Tens of thousands of activists from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) rallied in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday, with its leader urging everyone to keep patient after the ouster of Sheik Hasina’s government. “No destruction, no revenge, no vengeance; Let’s build a society based on love, peace, and knowledge,” former prime minister and head of the BNP Khaleda Zia said in a video played for the crowd in front her party headquarters in central Nayapaltan. This was her first public address in more than six years since she was jailed on graft charges in 2018 during the rule of Sheik…

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