Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- The interim government has vowed to take appropriate action following a politically motivated assault on its delegation at the airport in New York recently.

The attack targeted BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and NCP leaders Akhter Hossen and Tasnim Jara, and is alleged to have been carried out by affiliates and supporters of the ousted autocrat Sheikh Hasina.

"We, the advisers and political leaders, sat together and had a long discussion," Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain said Saturday evening (US time), describing deliberations on the steps to be taken and how they would be implemented.

Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, and Energy Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan ...