AL ASKS KHALEDA TO WITHDRAW LEGAL NOTICE, THREATENS LEGAL ACTION

The ruling Awami League on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to withdraw her legal notice served on prime minister Sheikh Hasina, otherwise the party would go for legal action.

The party’s publicity and publication secretary Hasan Mahmud came up with the threat at a press conference at AL president Sheikh Hasina's Dhanmondi office in the evening. The news conference was arranged in the wake of Khaleda’s sending notice to Hasina.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyer AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan sent a legal notice to the prime minister alleging that the prime minister brought false claims against Khaleda Zia and defamed the BNP chief.

On December 7, prime minister Sheikh Hasina at a press conference at Ganabhaban, spoke of Khaleda Zia’s wealth stashed in the Middle East. The next day, BNP shot back saying the allegations are baseless and warned of taking legal steps.

Awami League presidium member and agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury, organising secretary AKM Enamul Haque Shamim and office secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap and others attended the press conference.