, Nov. 11 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the government will be entirely responsible if anything beyond the consensus on some reforms is imposed by force.

"Regarding some reforms, we have reached a consensus, but if anything is forcibly imposed beyond that, the government alone will have to take full responsibility," he told a meeting at Kismat Keshur Bari Laxmirhat High School ground in Borgaon Union of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.

About the election, he warned that Bangladesh will turn into a 'failed state' if the upcoming national election is postponed.

He criticised a particular political party for spreading distorted religious messages to women at the grassroots level and urged people to stay cau...