BNP lawmaker jailed for provoking communal riot

A senior lawmaker of Bangladeshs main opposition BNP was Monday jailed to face charges of instigating communal riots during an Islamist groups deadly Dhaka siege earlier this month. Bangladesh Nationalist Party Standing Committee member M K Anwar was sent to prison by a Dhaka court after his bail petition was rejected. Anwars lawyer Masud Ahmed said his client appeared before court to extend a previous bail order but was ordered to be sent to prison.