Dhaka, May 1 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has criticised the interim government for shutting down factories and mills owned by business allies of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Fresh unemployment has been created in the country due to the closure of the factories, he said.

The BNP leader came up with the remarks while addressing a press conference organised by Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal at the party's Nayapaltan central office in the capital on Wednesday on the eve of May Day.

Some businessmen, who were supporters of the fascist Hasina government, laundered large amounts of money from the country. However, they established the factories and business companies in which thousands of workers were employed, he...