DHAKA, Feb 2, 2022 (BSS) - Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr
Hasan Mahmud today said BNP is now lying extremely to defend them from
the countrywide criticism due to their (BNP) writings of anti-state
conspiracy letters to foreigners.

  "BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir held a press
conference on Tuesday and tried to defend them from the countrywide
criticisms over the letters written by BNP to foreigners for stopping
aid to Bangladesh and stop export trade, tarnish the country's image
and appoint lobbyists. At the press conference, he (Fakhrul) finally
admitted that he had written letters to foreigners, but he denied the
allegations of telling to stop assistance," he said.

   The minister stated these while exchanging views with reporters at
the meeting room of his ministry at Secretariat in the capital. In the
meeting, he presented some documents of agreements between BNP and
lobby firms using BNP's Dhaka office address and some letters signed
by BNP's secretary general to different departments of the United
States.

   Hasan showed letters signed by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on BNP's
official pad to Chairwoman on House Committee on Appropriations and
Chairwoman on subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programmes on April 17, 2019, and Chairman of Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, Chairman of Senate Subcommittee on Near East, South
Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism on April 24, 2019.

  The minister read out the last paragraph and said BNP urged the US
to stop aid.

  He said BNP used the address of their party office- 28 VIP Road,
Nayapaltan, Dhaka, Bangladesh- in some agreements with lobby firms and
Abdus Sattar signed those (agreements) on behalf of BNP. They did same
agreements by using address of abroad where Ziaul Islam signed, he
added.

  "How Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir would deny the documents?" he posed
a question. The documents are prove records of BNP leaders' lies and
their conspiracies against the country, said Hasan, also Awami League
joint general secretary.

   The minister said their whole politics based on lies. For this,
they did the press conference to defend themselves from the
countrywide criticisms, he said, adding that the political party which
carried out such activities has no rights to do politic in the
country.

   He said Bangladesh has been elected as the chair of the Peace
Building Commission of the United States despite BNP's continues lies
against the country and conspiracy.

  Besides, the US Congress member and Chairman of Foreign Affairs
House Committee Gregory W. Meeks said that the US government would
work continuously with the Bangladesh government.

  The minister urged the BNP leaders to stop the anti-state propaganda
and conspiracy.

   Replying to a query over Begum Zia's health issuer, Hasan said, in
fact, BNP becomes deeply hurt and disappointed that Begum Khaleda Zia
returned home after getting well as there is no scope of creating
confusion among the people in this regard.