BNP pledges to restore caretaker govt system

Marking the country's Victory Day, the main opposition has pledged to strengthen democracy by restoring the non-party caretaker government system.
The country's democracy is at stake with law and order absent and the government is suppressing the opposition, senior BNP leader Tariqul Islam told journalists at the grave of late president Ziaur Rahman in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar yesterday.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia along with party leaders and workers paid tribute to the party founder by placing wreath on his grave and offering fateha.
Tariqul also alleged that police barred Khaleda's motorcade for around 40 minutes in the morning while she was going to the National Memorial to pay homage to Liberation War martyrs.
Addressing a discussion at BNP's central office in Nayapaltan, Tariqul said, "The prime minister gifted a dead body to the nation in the month of victory by killing Bishwajit Das. Not only in Dhaka, Awami League killed many across the country this month."
Jasas, BNP's cultural wing, organised the discussion marking the Victory Day.