Meanwhile, the Shahbagh protest that began on February 5

rolled into the 14th day today. The protesters have been demonstrating in demand of capital punishment to the war criminals. People burst into protests when a verdict delivered by a war crimes tribunal sentenced Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah to life in prison. The protesters feel Mollah was handed down "a lenient sentence" and that he should be awarded the death penalty. Bangladesh Parliament yesterday amended the war crimes law to allow the prosecution to try and punish any organisations, including the JI, a significant move that could pave the way for banning the country's largest Islamic party. Meanwhile, Dhaka witnessed an intensified security vigil with paramilitary Border Guards and elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion that draws members from military, police and other forces, joining police in patrolling streets. The post-independence Awami League government banned JI soon after Bangladesh�s emergence. But the party resurfaced after the subsequent military regime allowed its return to politics following the August 15, 1975 coup toppling the post independence government and killing Bangladesh's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.