, Aug. 23 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said inequalities, rooted in Bangladesh's state structure for decades, cannot be eradicated overnight, though structural reforms are essential.

"Instant solutions to long-standing issues of injustice, corruption, authoritarianism and structural discrimination cannot be expected," he said while speaking at a seminar at the Jatiya Press Club.

Fakhrul said reforms of the state framework and the electoral process are still at a preliminary stage.

The seminar, titled 'How Well is Social Protection Secured', was organised by Arpon Alok Songho. Senior journalist Sohrab Hassan, Ganosamhati Andolon's Chief Coordinator Zonayed Saki, Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) C...