, Nov. 29 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Saturday said If people's aspirations continue to be denied, such uprisings may recur as young people fight to reclaim their rightful prospects and future.

"The previous 'fascist government' had entrenched a discriminatory system in state administration and the economy, where 'mafias and looters monopolised power," depriving ordinary citizens of their basic rights and legitimate aspirations," he said.

Speaking at the 4th Bangladesh Economic Conference at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital, organised by Daily Bonik Barta, he said the governance structure of the past years was designed to benefit a select group of elites while neglecting the wider population.

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