Saboteurs must face the music: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that those involved in acts of sabotage to dislodge the government would have to face the music.

She said: "There is no mercy for them. They will have to face punishment. I would like to ask the people also to stand against them."

Referring to the train accident that took place due to uprooting of rail track in Gazipur, the premier said some 20 feet of rail track was cut with a gas cutter machine at Sreepur upazila in Gazipur on Wednesday afternoon in which eight bogies of Mohonganj Express, coming from Netrakona, got derailed in Gazipur leaving a man killed and several others injured.

"That means it is an attempt to kill the people by distracting the train bogies. They want to overthrow the government by killing the people. What can they achieve from a movement by killing people?" she said.

"They can't oust the government by killing people. What politics do they do?" asked the Prime Minister.

The premier expressed her disappointment over the misdeeds, saying, "What will be the future of the country if they carry out such activities at a time when we are offsetting the brunt of the global economic recession?"

She said they (BNP) should go to the people if they want to assume power.

She made the remarks while exchanging views with the newly elected committee of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) at her official Ganabhaban residence.

The new FBCCI committee headed by its president Mahbubul Alam was elected in August 2023 for the 2023-2025 tenure.

FBCCI senior vice president Md. Amin Helaly and three vice presidents Khairul Huda Chopol, Mohammad Anwar Sadat Sarker and Joshoda Jibon Debnath were among the newly elected office-bearers.