, July 16 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack on NCP's scheduled 'March to Gopalganj' programme and urged the government to deal with the perpetrators with an iron hand.

In a statement, he expressed deep concern over the incident, calling it a 'heinous act' carried out by the terrorists of the fascist Awami League.

"Following the fall of the autocratic Awami regime through the student-led mass movement, some miscreants are once again trying to destabilise the country for their own gain," the BNP leader said.

He said the barbaric attack on the programme of National Citizen Party (NCP) in Gopalganj, including cocktail explosions, torching of the vehicles UNO and police, and injuri...