Hold open talks with political parties

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called on the government to hold open dialogues with the political parties instead of 'secret meetings'.
They also said that the proposed dialogue should give priority to the issue of spiralling prices of essentials to find out the way to resolve the crisis.
They also urged the government to declare specific dates for elections.
National Democratic Party organised the roundtable on the 'Proposed national dialogue: Responsibilities of the government and the political parties' at the National Press Club in the city.
Sheikh Siddique, president of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Janata League, said such dialogues did not do any good in the past 50 years. "I have doubts about the success of the proposed dialogues as the government held secret meetings with corrupt leaders," he said.
Sheikh Shahidul Islam, secretary general of the Jatiya Party, said the dialogue should focus on how to control the price hike of essentials.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader ASM Abdur Rob, Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Nilu of National People's Party and Advocate Nitai Roy Chowdhury also spoke at the roundtable presided over by NDP Chairman Golam Mortoza.