Dhaka, May 28 -- BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas has launched a blistering attack on the interim government, declaring it "rotten from head to toe".

Speaking at a youth rally organised by the party's affiliated organisations - Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal - in front of the BNP's central office at Naya Paltan on Wednesday afternoon, Abbas said: "This government is decaying from the top; it's rotten all the way to the bottom."

"If this government continues to run the country in this manner, the damage will exceed even what the Awami League has done," he warned.

Calling for immediate general elections, Abbas said: "Regardless of who comes to power, I believe that only an elected government can truly...