BNP's Mirza Fakhrul hears 'echoes of Zia' in Yunus's New York remarks

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the words of Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus at an event in the US evoked memories of former Bangladesh president and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. Speaking in New York on Saturday at the “NRB Connect Day: Empowering Global Bangladeshis” event, where Yunus spoke, Fakhrul said: “When our respected, world-renowned Prof Yunus was speaking, I kept feeling as if I was listening to the words of martyred president Ziaur Rahman. “The dream that Ziaur Rahman had -- to build Bangladesh as a democratic, prosperous and corruption-free nation -- those very words came out through Prof Yunus.” Prefacing his remarks with humour about his age, the 77-year-old BNP leader said: “I was introduced as the...