Time is running out for govt

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia last night expressed hope that time was running out for the government for “it has been killing people without any reason”.

“I prayed to Allah to ensure its collapse as early as possible so that people of the country get back peace as well as democracy,” she said while meeting at her Gulshan office in the capital the family of a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader.

Ibne Azad, general secretary of Gafargaon upazila unit JCD in Mymensingh, died on September 8 after being brutally assaulted with hockey sticks and iron rods at Gafargaon Station Road the day before allegedly by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men.

Khaleda later handed over a cheque worth Tk 8 lakh to the family members, threatening the government that it would have to face dire consequence and trial “for its crimes”.  

Referring to the recent factional clash of BCL at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Khaleda said student and teachers were not safe in the hands of the government.

There is no rule of law for which the ruling party activists dared to carry firearms in broad daylight right before everyone, said the BNP chief.

She asked the BNP leaders and activists not to go anywhere alone as the AL activists have “become mad for blood”.

She urged the people to join their movement to oust the government so that they could “live like human beings” in the country.