Dhaka, April 29 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), one of the country's largest political parties, has strongly criticised the interim government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus for its decision to grant humanitarian access to Myanmar's Rakhine State.

"We don't want to become another Gaza. The decision made by the Yunus government regarding the humanitarian passage for communication with the Arakans should have been taken by the government after sitting with all political parties," said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the daily Jugantor reported.

Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Adviser, Md Touhid Hossain, announced on Sunday that the interim government had taken a policy decision to provide humanitarian passage ...