Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has commented that BNP will not find an escape route if it starts terror in the name of movement.

He said these things at a briefing at the Awami League president's political office in Dhanmondi on Monday (May 13) afternoon.

He said, there is no record of running away in the history of Awami League. In 2007, the Acting Chairman of BNP, Tariq Rahman, fled abroad with a pledge that he would not do politics again. Their main leader is on the run.

He also said that BNP had said on October 28 that Awami League will not get an escape route. In the end, I saw that the BNP is the one who ran away from where it ran. We have no record of escape. BNP will have to flee if they start terror in the name of movement.

Obaidul Quader said, "If they (BNP) want to move forward politically, we will also deal with it politically." If they do terror again, we will deal in the same way. I don't want to say anything about it beforehand.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Bahauddin Nasim, Organizing Secretary BM Mozammel Haque, Mirza Azam, SM Kamal Hossain, Afzal Hossain, Office Secretary Biplab Barua, Publicity and Publication Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap, Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan and others were also present.

After four long months, BNP has again started discussions with all the like-minded political parties and alliances of the anti-government countries. On Sunday (May 13) afternoon, the party held a separate meeting with the liaison committee of the 12-party alliance and the LDP at the BNP Chairperson's political office in Gulshan.

In the meeting, the BNP leaders took the views of like-minded people on the ongoing movement and determining what to do in the coming days.

Sources of the meeting said that advice has been sought from like-minded people on what to do to overcome the ongoing political, social and economic crisis. BNP will be informed about the program that is realistic and acceptable to the people in the next meeting. Apart from this, there was a discussion about discouraging the people more in the upazila elections.

There are plans to hit the streets again with simultaneous and separate programs on various issues including border aggression. In the meeting, leaders of the 12-party alliance emphasized building more public opinion in favor of boycotting Indian products. A Liaison Committee meeting will be held on Monday (May 13) with several parties including the Nationalist Alliance.

Among the leaders of the BNP Liaison Committee, members of the party's standing committee Nazrul Islam Khan, Selima Rahman and vice chairman Md. Shah Jahan

Among the leaders of the 12-party alliance were – Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar) Chairman Mustafa Jamal Haider, BLDP Secretary General Shahadat Hossain Salim, Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman Syed Ehsanul Huda, Jamiat Ulama Secretary General Mufti Ghulam Muhiuddin Ikram, Bangladesh Labor Party Chairman Farooq Rahman, Bangladesh Kalyan Party (Part) Chairman Shamsuddin Parvez, Islami Oikyajote Secretary General Maulana Abdul Karim, Jagpa General Secretary Iqbal Hossain Pradhan, Bangladesh Islamic Party Secretary General Abul Kashem and Bangladesh Kalyan Party Secretary General Abu Hanif etc.

On the other hand, among the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders, members of the presidium of the party Nurul Alam Talukder, Dr. Neyamul Bashir, Advocate Dr. Aurangzeb Belal, Principal KK Saqlain, Vice President Mahe Alam Chowdhury and others were present.

After the meeting, Syed Ehsanul Huda said that the Liaison Committee meeting was held for the first time after the national elections. The meeting discussed the transition from social, political and economic crisis. Hopefully, another phase of the movement will start very soon.

Opposition Leader and Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader MP has expressed anger over the Forest Department's decision to cut 4 lakh trees in the name of Teesta irrigation project development.

In a statement on Sunday (May 12), he also demanded to stop cutting trees and reforest.

The statement said that the country is now becoming uninhabitable due to climate change. In such a reality, the decision to cut trees is suicidal and unforgivable. According to media reports, the forest department is cutting 4 lakh trees in the name of renovation and expansion of tertiary and secondary canals including the main canal of the Teesta irrigation project.

At least 20 trees have already been cut in Chander Hat Bahalipara area of Nilphamari Sadar of Canal in Dinajpur. Even though the trees were cut down in the area, no reforestation was done. Due to its adverse effects, most of the Teesta is going to become desert. Again, 50 percent trees have already been cut in the project area of Nilphamari Sadar and Dimla Upazila.

It is normal practice to consider environmental protection issues in project formulation and implementation. However, it is difficult to understand why the destruction of such a large number of trees became inevitable in the implementation of the project. According to critics, it is necessary to investigate whether the purpose of taking such a project is to gain more profit by cutting and selling extra trees to earn money through corruption during the implementation of the project.

Due to the lack of trees, the natural environment of the country has deteriorated. So the decision to cut trees should be withdrawn. He advised the concerned to look into whose interest suicidal decisions are being taken against the country and the environment. 

Awami League's peace and development rally will be held today.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that this rally will be held in front of Mohammadpur Arang at 3:30 pm on Saturday (May 11).

He said this at a joint meeting of the party at the Awami League office at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue on Friday (May 10).

General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader said, many people say that we are holding a counter rally, but actually we are not holding any rally. Today we are having a joint meeting here. Tomorrow Saturday we will hold a peace and development rally in the parliamentary area of our cabinet member Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak. I invite everyone there today.