Dinajpur, Feb. 7 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday outlined a package of development pledges for northern Bangladesh, including a major Teesta Barrage project, as he campaigned in the greater Dinajpur-Rangpur region ahead of the Feb 12 general election.
Speaking as chief guest at a rally at Birampur Government College field in Dinajpur - his grandmother's hometown- Rahman said that a BNP-led government would prioritise "security, merit and equal opportunity" for all citizens, regardless of faith, or ethnicity, reports Prothom Alo.
"We want a Bangladesh where our mothers and sisters can move freely at night, where our brothers can live safely, work, and sleep without fear. Whether Muslim, indigenous, Hindu, Buddhist, or Christian,...