We won’t buy from those who sanction us

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh will not purchase anything from countries that impose sanctions against the country.

"There is now a tendency to slap sanctions, and sanctions on those by whom we contain terrorism. We have made a decision. I have said that I will not buy anything from those who will impose sanctions," she said.

The prime minister said this while inaugurating the five-day long 60th Convention of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) at the IEB Headquarters with the theme "Innovative Engineering in the 4th Industrial Revolution".

"What will you do with me? My parents, brothers, and sisters have all been killed. I have nothing to lose. But I want to take my country forward," she said.

On December 10, 2021, the US Treasury Department slapped sanctions against Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and seven of its former and current officials alleging serious human rights violation.

Bangladesh has strongly denied the allegation and instead highlighted Rab's success in combating terrorism and drug menace.