No visible achievement

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said there was no "visible achievement" of Bangladesh, except the Kushiyara River water sharing MoU, from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's four-day visit to India.

Stating that a defense contract worth $500 million has been signed to buy military vehicles from India, the BNP leader said it has been assured that border killings will be brought to zero level. 

"On the day this was said, one person was killed at the Dinajpur border and two others remained missing. This's the outcome (of her visit)."

He was talking to reporters after paying homage to BNP founder Ziaur Rahman by placing a wreath at his grave along with the leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, marking its 44th founding anniversary on Friday.

"The government has become desperate (to stay in power). You must remember that before this visit, the foreign minister had said that he had requested the Indian leaders to take measures to keep the Awami League government in power by any means possible," he said.

Fakhrul also slammed the government for attacking their party's peaceful programmes across the country and implicating their leaders and activists in "false" cases.