Dhaka, April 25 -- Professor Ali Riaz, Vice-Chairperson of the National Consensus Commission, has said that the establishment of a fascist regime in Bangladesh was made possible due to a lack of efforts to build a democratic state along with institutional weaknesses over the past 53 years of governance.
He made these remarks on Thursday at the beginning of a discussion between the commission and Awamjonotar Dal (People's Party) held at the LD Hall of the Parliament Building in Dhaka.Other commission members present at the event included Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar, Safar Raj Hossain, and Monir Haider, special assistant to the chief advisor.
In his opening speech, Professor Riaz stated that the goal of the Consensus Commi...