, Jan. 7 -- BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Wednesday said the benefits of development must reach every citizen in line with the wishes of the nation.

"Over the last one and a half decades, people have made huge sacrifices. They have faced jailing, repression, false cases and enforced disappearances with the hope of building a happy, prosperous and welfare-oriented democratic Bangladesh," he said.

Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said now is the time to bring about that change in accordance with the people's aspirations.

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