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Reminding that BNP was born undemocratically in army barracks standing on the corpses of hundreds of military officers and soldiers, Hasan said everyone knows how the BNP took the country into darkness when it was in power from 2001 to 2006.
At that time, he said, the country had become champion in corruption five times in a row, while a parallel government was run by Hawa Bhaban and Khowab Bhaban was a place of entertainment.
The information minister said all the militants including “Bangla Bhai” and “Shaykh Abdur Rahman” emerged during the BNP regime, while bombs were exploded on the court premises and streets and simultaneously at more than 500 places in 63 districts.
He said the BNP not only boycotted the elections aiming to destroy democracy, but also killed hundreds of people with petrol bombs to halt the elections.
No such incidents would be found in the civilised world, Hasan said, adding a Canadian court identified BNP as a terrorist party.
Recalling the contribution of Noor Hossain, who was killed on November 10 in 1987, to the restoration democracy in the country, he said Noor Hossain’s name will be inscribed with blood as a living poster in the history of the country’s democratic movement.
Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina has been fighting for democracy since her return home in 1981, the information minister said, adding she brought back democracy in the country, which was repeatedly captured and violated by the Ziaur Rahman and Ershad governments.
During the meeting with the film producers and exhibitors, the information minister said cinema halls reopened on October 16 last but new movies were not getting released due to various reasons, including Covid-19 pandemic, and that is why the movie centres are not getting expected audiences.
Film Producers Association president Khurshed Alam Khasru and its general secretary Shamsul Alam, and Film Exhibitors Association chief adviser Sudipta Kumar Das and its law affairs secretary RM Yunus Rubel were, among others, present.
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