, Sept. 6 -- Fearing further untoward incidents in the days ahead as part of a plot to derail the national election, BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Saturday said the country is moving towards an abnormal process.

"Yesterday on social media, I listened to the remarks of one of the world's most powerful leaders. It made me feel that our country is not going through a normal process, but moving forward in an abnormal way," he said.

Abbas, a BNP Standing Committee member, made the remarks while talking to reporters after visiting injured Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Nur has been receiving treatment at the DMCH after being seriously injured during a clash with Jatiya Party leade...