- 2021-09-11 08:09:28
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Bangladesh now 'friendless': GM Quader
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Staff Correspondent:
Dhaka, Sept-11,
Jatiya Party Chairman
GM Quader on Saturday said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen’s frustration over
not getting Covid vaccines from different countries has manifested that
Bangladesh has become 'friendless' in the world.
“The Foreign Minister
expressed deep frustration over not getting the corona vaccines after visiting
several countries. He told the media that the rich countries aren’t willing to
give Bangladesh vaccines. If this is the case, Bangladesh has become friendless
in the world,” he said.
The Jatiya Party chief
made the remarks while speaking at a meeting of Jatiya Jubo Sanghati at
Jugantar Bhaban in the city’s Baridhara area.
He said though the
Foreign Minister has said the status of the country has enhanced across the
world, Bangladesh ranked 106th in the 2021 Henley Passport Index while its
position was 96th in 1996.
“The dignity of the
Prime Minister and her cabinet member may increase in the world. The dignity of
the common people hasn’t improved at all, but it has declined. That’s why those
who now go abroad with Bangladeshi
passports have to face various kinds of harassment,” the Jatiya Party chairman
observed.
GM Quader, also the deputy
opposition leader in parliament, said the country lacks good governance due to
politicisation.
He said the country’s
situation has turned so worse that now it is not possible to get a job even
after becoming first in the examination without the affiliation with the ruling
party.
The Jatiya Party chief
said the ruling party leaders are acquitted by court even after committing
crimes as the laws are not enforced equally for all.
He said no one was
above law during the rule of Jatiya Party founder HM Ershad. “So, people are
expecting Jatiya Party as an alternative force to Awami League and BNP. They
want Jatiya Party to return to power.”
GM Quader urged the
party leaders and activists to strengthen the party by holding the councils of
its all district units by December 31.
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