Foreign Minister and Joint General Secretary of Awami League Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, 'BNP is most busy in portraying the country negatively. Tariq Rahman and his agents constantly spread false propaganda against the country.
He made this comment in the speech of the chief guest at the discussion meeting titled 'Role of media in building the image of Bangladesh in the outside world' at Jahur Hossain Hall of the National Press Club on Sunday (March 31).
Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, "There is no achievement in portraying the country negatively. Portray the country positively. Addressing the journalists, he said, I would request you to present the country positively.
Addressing the BNP, he said, "You will see that when Indian soldiers were injured due to the attack of Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir, the opposition parties of the government all came together and sided with the government."
The foreign minister said that when the border guards of the neighboring countries fled to our country, the BNP leaders said that they fled because of the kneeling government's foreign policy. Myanmar soldiers fled to this country fearing for their lives due to shelling in their country. What does this have to do with foreign policy? This is the statement of BNP. Opposition political groups are busy all day long to portray the country in a negative light.
He said that their party leader acting chairman is sitting abroad and spreading misinformation on social media with their paid agents. And some fake pages are spreading misinformation online. They are damaging the image of the country. So the country's mainstream media has to work against them.
He also said when we started giving corona vaccination. Out of 135 countries, 130 countries could not start the corona vaccination and then the people of Bangladesh got vaccinated. And then BNP has spread false propaganda that this vaccine will not be of any use, this vaccine cannot be given. They said, ministers should be vaccinated first. So I took vaccination earlier as information minister.
Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, now they say again - about boycotting Indian products. But of course they eat onions with Indian onions in the evening. Their bride wears an Indian saree. This is their condition.
Also, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md. Mahibbur Rahman and former State Minister for Foreign Affairs were special guests in the function.