{"id":69767,"date":"2021-06-21T15:17:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=69767"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:17:23","slug":"politics-in-bangladesh-is-too-polarised-and-divisive-quader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=69767","title":{"rendered":"Politics in Bangladesh is too polarised and divisive: Quader"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dhaka:<\/strong> Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, said on Monday that the country\u2019s politics has become \u201cso polarized and divisive\u201d that major political parties fail to reach any understanding on common national issues like corona pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom our party we have tried to establish a workable co-existence with the BNP. But there has been no positive response from them,\u201d Quader said during a meeting with members of the Overseas Correspondents Association (OCAB) at his Bangladesh Secretariat office.<\/p>\n

He recalled how BNP leader Khaleda Zia rebuffed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\u2019s repeated gesture to have a dialogue with her in the past.<\/p>\n

Quader said 15th August, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in 1975, is a very emotional issue not only for the Awami League, but for the entire nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut how can Khaleda Zia celebrate the 15th August as her birthday? You know she has already five birthdays. How is it possible?,\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n

He said it was BNP founder Ziaur Rahman who granted indemnity to the killers of Bangabandhu. So, it is crystal clear that he was involved with the assassination of the father of the nation.<\/p>\n

During the meeting the Awami League leader discussed state of country\u2019s politics, government drive to procure Covid-19 vaccine, the Rohingya problem and the rapid progress in the implementation of some mega projects like Padma Bridge and Bangabandhu tunnel under Karnaphuli rfiver.<\/p>\n

He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed authorities to procure corona vaccine the soonest from all available sources. \u201cWe are trying to get vaccines from China, Russia and the United States,\u201d he said adding the problem may be solved within a couple of months.<\/p>\n

On the status of stalled vaccine import from India, Quader said, \u201cWe see a ray of hope. But we can\u2019t bank fully on India as we understand they are going through a crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Rohingya issue he said the international community must do more than just \u201cgiving lip service to this problem.\u201d \u201cWe are spending 700 million dollars a year to take care of 12 lakh refugees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Defending the decision to shift a part of the Rohingyas to Bhasan Char Quader said it was necessary to save the economy, environment, forestry and tourism in the region as well as for their better living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka: Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, said on Monday that the country\u2019s politics has become \u201cso polarized and divisive\u201d that major political parties fail to reach any understanding on common national issues like corona pandemic. \u201cFrom our party we have tried to establish a workable co-existence with the BNP. But there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":69768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n