Bangladesh: BNP leader Salahuddin says party 'pledged to uphold July Charter as political compromise'

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Bangladesh's new ruling party, BNP's Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, on Tuesday said the outfit has pledged to uphold the July National Charter as a "document of political compromise".

"We are committed and pledged to uphold the July National Charter as a document of political compromise, to the letter."Ahmed spoke to reporters after the first meeting of the BNP parliamentary party at the National Parliament Building.

The meeting was chaired by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman who was unanimously elected as the leader of parliament and later took oath as the country's new prime minister.

Regarding what transpired in the meeting between the party chief and the parliamentarians, he said Rahman gave BNP members two ...