http://www.driknews.com :: DrikNEWS ::-- International News Photo Agency http://87.253.134.48/news.php?news_id=3251 Khaleda Zia, BNP chairperson had a discussion session with senior journalist from both electronic and print media on Monday. While exchanging views at Hotel Lakeshore in Gulshan, she reaffirmed that BNP would play its parliamentary role as the opposition. Other notable topics were criticism of the current government and concurrent issues, price hike, DU student Abubakar’s death, letting alone media’s complimentary and watchdog role and ruling party’s assault on journalists. Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 8, 2010. http://87.253.134.48/news.php?news_id=3250 In celebration of the first Dikhow Festival at Dikhowmukh, a boat race took place in Sivasagar on Sunday. Assam, India. February 8, 2010. http://87.253.134.48/news.php?news_id=3249 “Victory is near” says Mushfiq, a self-claimed activist of the banned Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. Five students including Mushfiq were detained and taken to Sylhet Kotwali Thana for interrupting a film show on the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) premises on Sunday. Sylhet being a bigger domain after Dhaka, Hizb ut-Tahrir has reiterated their activity after being proactive since Bangladesh banned the organization on October 22, 2009. Sylhet, Bangladesh. February 8, 2010. http://87.253.134.48/news.php?news_id=3248 A part of the massive rally of state left front wearing masks of late Jyoti Basu, veteran left front leader and Marxist patriarch. The rally assembled at the Brigade Parade ground on Sunday where Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharyya, Chief Minister of West Bengal alleged the Trinamool Congress for their alliance with the Maoists and the congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for assisting the process. United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a ruling coalition of political parties heading the government of India. Kolkata, West Bengal, India. February 7, 2010. http://87.253.134.48/news.php?news_id=3247 RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) arrested two counterfeiters for 66 bank notes of imitated 500 taka. The operation was conducted based on secret intelligence information on Saturday. The bank notes were confiscated immediately and the alleged have been delivered for trial. Rajshahi, Bangladesh. February 6, 2010.