Dhaka, April 14 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expects that this year's Boishakh will usher in a "new Bangladesh".

Speaking to the media at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport on Monday evening, Fakhrul said: "We hope that Bangla New Year 1432 will bring a new horizon for the entire nation. Every heart will be illuminated with the joy of new possibilities."

"We believe Pohela Boishakh will help us move past the old burdens and create a completely new Bangladesh," he added.

Fakhrul and his wife, Rahat Ara Begum, returned home aboard a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight after flying to Singapore for medical check-ups on Apr 6.

On the election issue, Fakhrul said: "We have always said that we want to build a new B...