PM 'enjoying' more power than Mughal emperors

The power the prime minister of Bangladesh is enjoying is perhaps more than that of the Soviet Tsars and the Mughal emperors, said former adviser to a caretaker government Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday.
Akbar was speaking at a discussion marking the first anniversary of the socio-political organisation, Nagorik Oikya, at the Jatiya Press Club. He said the country's political system separated the role of the central and the local government in a way that caused problems. “Decentralisation of the state power system is essential,” said Akbar.
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, convener of Nagarik Oikya, said a mass movement was required to bring about a change. “For doing this, it is not essential to form a political party.”
General Secretary of Socialist Party of Bangladesh Comrade Khalequzzaman said, “All the governments have so far given scope for whitening [black/undisclosed] money, and the two leading parties are not enthusiastic about preventing this.”