Dhaka: BNP Standing Committee member Dr. Moin Khan has called the student-public movement a romantic revolution.

He said these things at a memorial meeting organized on Saturday (October 26) at the Abdus Salam Hall of the National Press Club to mark the 12th death anniversary of the language movement's leader and national leader Oli Ahad. The memorial meeting was organized by the Democratic League (DL) and the Oli Ahad Memorial Society.

Moin Khan said, "I believe that the student-public movement that has taken place in the history of Bangladesh today is a romantic revolution. The reason for saying this is that this student force has created division, equality, and unity in some places in two and a half months.

He said, "The process we are in today, the way people have sacrificed their lives for true freedom; the movement that has fought for freedom, I feel that we are taking forward the continuation of that romantic revolution in the context of Bangladesh."

Mahmudur Rahman Manna, president of Nagorik Oikya, said, the people of the country defeated the dictatorship by fighting. The country has rotted in such a way today, which is why reforms must be made.

Saiful Haque, general secretary of the Biplobi Workers Party, said, Bangladeshi politics will not return to the old vendetta. This nation will not bow its head to any imperialist again. We must embrace the victory of the mass uprising.

Jonayed Saki, chief coordinator of the Gana Sanghati Andolon said, Oli Ahad Sahib is a very important figure in Bangladesh politics. Although the fascist government has fallen in the country, the fascist system has not fallen yet. This fascist system must be broken. The country must now be taken to a place, this leader commented.

Also present at the memorial service were BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan, coordinator of the Nationalist Like-Minded Alliance, Dr. Fariduzzaman Farhad, poet Abdul Hai Sikder, Barrister Rumin Farhana, Jatiya Ganatantrik Party  (NGP) Organizing Secretary Mir Amir Hossain Amu, among others. #

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has returned home from Australia.

He arrived in Dhaka on a Singapore Airlines flight at 10:25 pm on Friday (October 25).

Earlier, on October 9, Mirza Fakhrul left Dhaka for Australia to meet his elder daughter Dr. Shamaruh Mirza and other relatives.

Before leaving, he said, "My elder daughter lives in Canberra, Australia. My wife (Rahat Ara Begum) has been with her elder daughter for the past one and a half months. I went there to give them some time. I hope to return home soon."

Mirza Fakhrul couple has two daughters. The elder daughter Dr. Shamaruh Mirza has been living in Australia with her husband and children since 2006. And the younger daughter Safaruh Mirza teaches at an English school in Dhaka.

BNP Standing Committee Member Begum Selima Rahman has demanded that Chhatra League not only be banned but they should be brought under the law.

She said, Chhatra League has machetes, pistols, and weapons. They will attack wherever they want. Therefore, they should be brought under the law. The most important thing is that Sheikh Hasina should be brought under the law first and she should also be tried.

She made these remarks as the chief guest at a discussion meeting at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Thursday (October 24). The discussion meeting titled ‘All conspiratorial false cases against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and future statesman Tarique Rahman should be cancelled by executive order’ was organized by the National Democratic Party.

Selima Rahman said, it is possible to withdraw the cases of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, including all opposition party leaders and activists, through an executive order, but the interim government is not doing that. We are demanding the immediate withdrawal of the cases.

She said, "I have received some relief after the student-public movement. Are we at ease? It is true that we have emerged from a crisis, but we are still standing on the verge of exhaustion. The common people are not getting any relief today. The rise in commodity prices, the office siege program with demands, the friends of the fallen dictatorship are trying to destabilize the country as planned. The government should not be able to manage the country well, not be able to hold a good election.

Commenting that the fallen dictatorship government has created the ongoing crisis, she said, the friends of the fallen government are still alive in many places; they are trying to create an unstable environment. The dream of the student-public movement was to give people their rights back, their right to vote and basic rights. The syndicate of commodity prices must be broken.

Addressing the interim government, Selima Rahman said, "Those in the interim government are very good people. They are working, we are supporting them. But they have to understand that what is needed first must be done first." Not all reforms are possible. Only political parties elected by the people can run the country well.

Saluting the leaders and activists of the anti-discrimination movement, this BNP policymaker said, "You have to remember that you cannot destabilize the country by bringing any kind of political crisis. If your goal is for everyone to get their rights back, then you have to consult with the leaders and professionals of all political parties and try to move the country forward nicely."

Under the chairmanship of Nationalist Democratic Party Chairman SM Shahadat Hossain, BNP Chairperson's Advisor Zainul Abdin Faruk, Nationalist Like-Minded Alliance Coordinator and NPP Chairman Fariduzzaman Farhad also spoke.

The Awami League has called on the President to protect the country and the nation from unconstitutional and illegal evil forces.

The call was made in a statement sent by Awami League Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan on Wednesday (October 23) night.

The statement said that the Awami League believes that the country is going through a deep crisis and a period of extreme fatigue. The advisers of the unconstitutional and illegal so-called interim government are trying to overthrow the constitutional head of the state, the President. According to the constitution, the President is the head of all departments of the state. He is the symbol of the state's sovereignty - the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. During any interim period of the state, the President owns all the powers of the executive and legislative branches except the judicial power. Any attack on the President as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces is considered an attack on the entire armed forces, including the army.

Those who dared to make indecent statements against the President are committing the crime of treason, the Awami League said.

The statement also said that the President has appointed advisers to the interim government though their appointment has no constitutional and legal validity. In such a situation, according to constitutional practice, the President can cancel the appointment of those whom he appointed.

According to the constitution, Dr. Yunus was not sworn in, the statement said, stating that his appointment is completely unconstitutional and illegal. Therefore, Dr. Yunus has no legal and moral right to be in power. Therefore, Dr. Yunus should resign.

The ousted Awami League commented that there is no security for the lives and property of the people of the country.