Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said it is really mysterious that BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia did not hold the trial of the killing of her husband Ziaur Rahman when she was in power.
“Question is being raised by many – whether there is any possibility that the truth will come out if the trial of the killing of Ziaur Rahman is held,” he said this on Saturday at a press briefing at Awami League President’s political office in the city’s Dhanmondi.The minister said, “BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia was in power for two times. Besides, she had grabbed power for about a month once after holding a questionable election. But, she didn’t hold the trial of the killing of her husband Ziaur Rahman which is a mysterious matter pervading in the common men.”
AL Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rokeya Sultana, Office Secretary Barrister Biplob Barua, Deputy Publicity Secretary Aminul Islam and Deputy Office Secretary Sayeem Khan, among others, were present. About the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Hasan said Prime Minister and also AL President Sheikh Hasina has taken various steps in the country soon after the coronavirus outbreak at Wuhan in China. The concerned port authorities carried out health tests on everyone who come from abroad, he added.
He said there is no country in world which has been free from Coronavirus. In the United States, where healthcare and economic systems and management are much better, there 6 percent of total diagnosed patients are dying, he added.
“The death rate in Belgium is 15 percent while 14 percent in Britain, 3.2 percent in India and over 2 percent in Pakistan. But the death rate in Bangladesh is 1.35 percent.
