Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- BNP on Friday alleged that the government has destroyed the leather industry after that of jute in a planned way to make the country dependent on others.

"We earn foreign currency through the leather industry as huge rawhides are collected after every Eid-ul-Azha, but the government has destroyed it in a planned way. They did so in the past, too," said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Speaking at a doa mahfil, he further said, "The government has made a good progress in

making Banglades a subservient country as part of its far-reaching plot. They (govt) are not only repressing people, but also playing the biggest role in turning the country into a dependent one."

BNP arranged the programme on the gr...