Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- Mahmudur Rahman Manna, president of Nagorik Oikya, has said Bangladesh is facing a "deep crisis" that the interim government is "incapable" of resolving.

The BNP must now play a role in rescuing the country from the situation, he said on Friday.

"In reality, the nation has fallen into a serious crisis. It will now depend on what Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his colleagues in the BNP will do to address it," Manna said.

The BNP has strongly objected to the recommendations of the National Consensus Commission on the implementation of the July National Charter that were submitted to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday.

The party's Secretary General Fakhrul called the recommendations "unacceptable".

He said, "The ...