105 DU teachers urge Khaleda to change her stand

One hundred and five teachers of Dhaka University yesterday urged BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia to revise her stand against negotiation to settle the long running political stand-off for the sake of the hard earned democracy, reports BSS.

In a statement, they said Begum Zia's announcement at a business conference to paralyse the country through hartals stunned them as it came when the nation was expecting that the gap between the ruling and the main opposition parties would be bridged through the initiatives of the country's business community.

"Her (Begum Zia) announcement seriously concerned us along with the countrymen," the statement said.

It added: "We urge the leader of the opposition to give the countrymen a sense of relief responding to the Prime Minister's call to bridge their political gaps."