Staff Reporter:
Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the government is determined to ensure that the upcoming February elections are free, fair, and neutral.
He made the remarks on Friday afternoon while attending the “Kothin Chibar Dan” festival at Bodhigyan Bhavana (Buddhist Vihara) on Bangabandhu Road in Ashulia, Savar.
Addressing journalists during the event, the adviser also noted that the law and order situation in the country has improved markedly over the past year, a fact confirmed by a journalist from Dhaka. The situation would improve further in the near future, the retired army officer noted.
Regarding the Safe Exit proposal, he said that people may have many opinions, but questions cannot be stopped.
The event was presided over by Ratanashree Mahathera, vice-president of the Bangladesh Bauddha Bhikkhu Mahasabha, and attended by Aktar Hossain Rana, Chairman of Ashulia Alif Garments; Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua; Lt Colonel (retd) Didarul Alam; former Additional Secretary Prashanta Bhushan Barua; and Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Dhaka Dharmapala Virakkod, among others.
