Killings started soon after Khaleda left country: Hanif

She may not return home, claims Maya

Leaders of the ruling Awami League (AL) yesterday alleged that killings started in Bangladesh soon after BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia left the country for London. Alleging that the BNP was a party that believes in nothing except hatching conspiracies against the country and its people, they claimed that BNP chief Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman do not want to see Bangladesh become a developed state.
Speaking at a preparatory meeting in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue, AL acting general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said Khaleda Zia, along with her son Tarique Rahman, have started hatching a conspiracy against the country after failing to oust the Sheikh Hasina government despite organising a 92-day-long violent programme.
“We have said from the very beginning that Khaleda Zia is going to London with the aim of hatching a conspiracy against the present government, and now it has been proved. Killings have occurred one after another in Bangladesh soon after she (Khaleda) left the country,” he said.
Rejecting foreigners’ claims that the Islamic State (IS) has a presence in Bangladesh, Hanif said there was no militant organisation like the IS in the country. Certain quarters were trying to spread such falsehoods about the presence of IS in the country and its involvement in the recent killings of two foreign nationals and the Hossaini Dalan bomb attack in an attempt to destabilise the Sheikh Hasina government, he claimed.
“There are no militant organisations in the country except BNP-Jamaat. Harkatul Zihad, Hizbut Tahrir and Jamatul Mojahedul Bangladesh (JMB) are just other forms of BNP-Jamaat. These organisations have, at different times, carried out terrorist activities in the country,” he said.
The AL leader called upon the foreigners to look for the IS in BNP-Jamaat if they wished to detect its presence in Bangladesh.
He also called upon Dhaka city unit leaders to ensure spontaneous participation of party workers in the November 2 rally, to be organised in the city’s Suhrawardi Udyan to observe Jail Killing Day.
Speaking at the meeting, AL presidium member and agriculture minister Matiya Chowdhury said BNP chief Khaleda Zia has again tried to take to the streets in a bid to create anarchic conditions in the country.
After killing people by organising a 92-day-long violent programme, Khaleda Zia was engaged afresh in hatching a conspiracy to oust the government, she alleged. She also called upon the party’s leaders and workers to generate mass awareness against the BNP-Jamaat conspiracy against the country.
According to the relief and disaster management affairs minister, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, BNP chief Khaleda Zia may not return to the country again. He said the BNP was a party “that has no tasks” except hatching conspiracies against the Sheikh Hasina government, but he added that eventually, their conspiracies would not work.

Killings started soon after Khaleda left country: Hanif

She may not return home, claims Maya

Leaders of the ruling Awami League (AL) yesterday alleged that killings started in Bangladesh soon after BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia left the country for London. Alleging that the BNP was a party that believes in nothing except hatching conspiracies against the country and its people, they claimed that BNP chief Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman do not want to see Bangladesh become a developed state. Speaking at a preparatory meeting in the citys Bangabandhu Avenue, AL acting general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said Khaleda Zia, along with her son Tarique Rahman, have started hatching a conspiracy against the country after failing to oust the Sheikh Hasina government despite organising a 92-day-long violent programme. We have said from the very beginning that Khaleda Zia is going to London with the aim of hatching a conspiracy against the present government, and now it has been proved. Killings have occurred one after another in Bangladesh soon after she (Khaleda) left the country, he said. Rejecting foreigners claims that the Islamic State (IS) has a presence in Bangladesh, Hanif said there was no militant organisation like the IS in the country. Certain quarters were trying to spread such falsehoods about the presence of IS in the country and its involvement in the recent killings of two foreign nationals and the Hossaini Dalan bomb attack in an attempt to destabilise the Sheikh Hasina government, he claimed. There are no militant organisations in the country except BNP-Jamaat. Harkatul Zihad, Hizbut Tahrir and Jamatul Mojahedul Bangladesh (JMB) are just other forms of BNP-Jamaat. These organisations have, at different times, carried out terrorist activities in the country, he said. The AL leader called upon the foreigners to look for the IS in BNP-Jamaat if they wished to detect its presence in Bangladesh. He also called upon Dhaka city unit leaders to ensure spontaneous participation of party workers in the November 2 rally, to be organised in the citys Suhrawardi Udyan to observe Jail Killing Day. Speaking at the meeting, AL presidium member and agriculture minister Matiya Chowdhury said BNP chief Khaleda Zia has again tried to take to the streets in a bid to create anarchic conditions in the country. After killing people by organising a 92-day-long violent programme, Khaleda Zia was engaged afresh in hatching a conspiracy to oust the government, she alleged. She also called upon the partys leaders and workers to generate mass awareness against the BNP-Jamaat conspiracy against the country. According to the relief and disaster management affairs minister, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, BNP chief Khaleda Zia may not return to the country again. He said the BNP was a party that has no tasks except hatching conspiracies against the Sheikh Hasina government, but he added that eventually, their conspiracies would not work.