No lack of security for diplomats in Bangladesh: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Saturday that there is no lack of security for the diplomats working in the country.

At a rally organised by the party marking the Victory Day in the Institution of Engineers premises in the capital, he said, "The BNP is making issues on security to tarnish the country's relations with friendly nations."

The Road Transport and Bridges Minister further said while addressing the party activists at the rally that the Digital Bangladesh has been created under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "Now we will build Smart Bangladesh," he added.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Hasan Mahmud said at the rally that the BNP was defeated on 10 December.

"They will be defeated in the next national election as well. We have to bury the evil forces of the BNP-Jamaat who are friends of Pakistan," he said.

AFM Bahauddin Nasim, joint general secretary of the Awami League, said the BNP-Jamaat wants to gain political benefits by making Bangladesh a communal state. "They are terrorist forces. We will resist this evil force under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina at any cost," he told the party activists at the rally.

Mahbubul Alam Hanif, the party's general secretary, said, "The defeated power of 1971 is rising again. Their main goal is to destroy the spirit of the Liberation War. They do not want to see the development and progress of the country."

He said, "The Awami League has been in power for 14 years. At this time, Bangladesh has been brought to light from the darkness under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina. It is now being recognised as a developing country."

"We are working towards making Bangladesh a middle-income country by 2031 and a developed, prosperous one by 2041. But the defeated powers of '71 have started to conspire against the country," he added.

Awami League presidium members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Dr Abdur Razzak, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Advocate Qamrul Islam, Dipu Moni were present at the rally among others.

Dhaka Metropolitan North Awami League President Sheikh Bazlur Rahman inaugurated the rally at the Engineers Institution premises and the General Secretary of Dhaka Metropolitan South Awami League Humayun Kabir moderated the programme.