Dhaka, Sept. 21 -- Comparing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to a phoenix, the party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that those who conspired against the BNP were themselves forced to flee.

He made the remarks on Saturday afternoon while inaugurating the tri-annual council of Kishoreganj district BNP at the old stadium in the town.

Mirza Fakhrul said, "Many speak about BNP now. But BNP is like a phoenix. Numerous conspiracies were hatched to break this party, but none succeeded. Rather, the conspirators themselves had to flee."

The conference, being held after nine long years, began with the hoisting of the national and party flags to the tune of the national anthem, followed by the performance of the party ...