Earlier in the day, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed indicated

the government may ban the political activities of Jamaat. "The parties which practice politics killing people including law enforcers and damaging properties of public should not be allowed to run in any democratic country," he said. Shafique said the election commission can take steps on banning the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) if it finds inconsistency between the constitution of the party and the charter of the republic. Yesterday, after visiting the slain blogger Ahmed Rajib Haidar's house in the capital's Pallabi area, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Jamaat and its students wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have no right to practice politics in Bangladesh as 'they do not believe in democracy. They believe in terrorism and practice politics of terrorism.' Meanwhile, the Shahbagh protest that began on February 5 rolled into the 13th straight day today. The protesters, who have been demonstrating in demand of capital punishment to the 1971 war criminals, vowed to prevent tomorrow's hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami.