BSS, Dhaka :
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has vowed “zero tolerance” against all forms of extremism and terrorism, said a press release received here on Friday from the Bangladesh Embassy in the United States.
Bangladesh is working closely with the USA, neighbours and other friendly countries to eliminate extremism and terrorism from Bangladesh and even beyond, he said.
Mohammad Ziauddin made this comment as he met Democrat Congressman Mike Honda at the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Thursday.
The Bangladesh envoy discussed on current political situation in Bangladesh with particular reference to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s pledge to root out extremism and ensure democratic dispensation in the country.
Discussing the political situation in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Envoy said that the government’s present struggle is against extremists, perpetrators of the crimes against humanity and anti-liberation forces in Bangladesh.
The Ambassador also discussed the constitutional obligations and other perspectives of holding the 10th national parliamentary elections in Bangladesh in 2014.
This parliamentary election is marked as the triumph of democratic, secular and progressive values over the religious extremism and rampant violence, he said, saying that as the Awami League was voted to power with clear majority, the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working hard to bring about qualitative changes in the lives of the people of Bangladesh.
As a political party Bangladesh Awami League was established on the principal founding pillars of democracy and secularism which reflected the people’s aspiration, he said.
On the contrary, the Ambassador said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami were created under the patronization of a military ruler after the brutal killing of the Father of Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The post-1975 military autocrats systematically provided impunity to the killers of the Father of the Nation and deliberately reinstated the religious and the anti-liberation forces into politics, he stated.
Congressman Mike Honda, who is a key Democrat policymaker, thanked the Ambassador for the detail briefing on the political situation in Bangladesh.
Political Counselor Nayem Uddin Ahmed accompanied the Ambassador.
Ziauddin also said that Bangladesh has been implementing the US Action Plan to ensure worker’s rights and safety in the readymade garment (RMG) sector. The government is steadfast to ensure the labour rights and safety in the RMG sector to make the industry productive and sustainable.
Explaining the context of creation of ‘International Crime Tribunals’ the Ambassador said these trials will end the culture of impunity and ensure justice to the victims who had been in a trauma for the last four decades.
The convicts can appeal to the Supreme Court against the verdicts of the Tribunals. He mentioned that even in case of so many countries in the world there had been no such recourse to the apex court of the land for appeal, but to an appeal chamber of the same tribunals.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has vowed “zero tolerance” against all forms of extremism and terrorism, said a press release received here on Friday from the Bangladesh Embassy in the United States.
Bangladesh is working closely with the USA, neighbours and other friendly countries to eliminate extremism and terrorism from Bangladesh and even beyond, he said.
Mohammad Ziauddin made this comment as he met Democrat Congressman Mike Honda at the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Thursday.
The Bangladesh envoy discussed on current political situation in Bangladesh with particular reference to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s pledge to root out extremism and ensure democratic dispensation in the country.
Discussing the political situation in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Envoy said that the government’s present struggle is against extremists, perpetrators of the crimes against humanity and anti-liberation forces in Bangladesh.
The Ambassador also discussed the constitutional obligations and other perspectives of holding the 10th national parliamentary elections in Bangladesh in 2014.
This parliamentary election is marked as the triumph of democratic, secular and progressive values over the religious extremism and rampant violence, he said, saying that as the Awami League was voted to power with clear majority, the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working hard to bring about qualitative changes in the lives of the people of Bangladesh.
As a political party Bangladesh Awami League was established on the principal founding pillars of democracy and secularism which reflected the people’s aspiration, he said.
On the contrary, the Ambassador said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami were created under the patronization of a military ruler after the brutal killing of the Father of Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The post-1975 military autocrats systematically provided impunity to the killers of the Father of the Nation and deliberately reinstated the religious and the anti-liberation forces into politics, he stated.
Congressman Mike Honda, who is a key Democrat policymaker, thanked the Ambassador for the detail briefing on the political situation in Bangladesh.
Political Counselor Nayem Uddin Ahmed accompanied the Ambassador.
Ziauddin also said that Bangladesh has been implementing the US Action Plan to ensure worker’s rights and safety in the readymade garment (RMG) sector. The government is steadfast to ensure the labour rights and safety in the RMG sector to make the industry productive and sustainable.
Explaining the context of creation of ‘International Crime Tribunals’ the Ambassador said these trials will end the culture of impunity and ensure justice to the victims who had been in a trauma for the last four decades.
The convicts can appeal to the Supreme Court against the verdicts of the Tribunals. He mentioned that even in case of so many countries in the world there had been no such recourse to the apex court of the land for appeal, but to an appeal chamber of the same tribunals.
