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Find alternative to hartal: FBCCI

Khaleda urges businessmen to act as 'pressure group'
BNP Chairperson and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Begum Khaleda Zia has called upon the business community to act as a pressure group to get rid of the present "dismal state"' of the national economy, reports UNB.
She was talking to a delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) at her Minto Road official residence yesterday.
Begum Zia said the government has ruined the economy by its wrong policies and criticised the government for the devaluation of taka, closing mills and factories and its failure to attract investment’ In the country.
She sought cooperation from the business community and said the opposition will always consider the national interests while launching any pro-
gramme against the government. "But now can we remain silent al the repression of the government?" she questioned.
The former Prime Minister said the BNP government had put the country on a strong economic footing by raising foreign exchange reserve. But the present government has failed to keep the reserve at an acceptable level.
Begum Zia alleged that the government had signed an unequal agreement on the Ganges water snaring with India and a black accord on the Chittagong Hill Tracts issue without any discussion in the parliament.
She criticised several provisions of the CHT accord which provided the tribals with the control over the huge natural resources of the region and setting up of industries there.
FBCCI President Yusuf Abdullah Harun in his speech
called upon the opposition to refrain from the politics of hartals and find out an alternative to hartal to save the country's struggling economy.
lie also urged tne opposition leader to sit Tn the parliament to resolve all national prob lems through discussion and constructive criticism.
He said Bangladesh will have to face a tougher competi tion in the coming century and if the current trend of politics continues. The country will not be able to survive in the competition." he apprehended.
Tne FBCCI delegation in eluded Alhaj Quazi Shafiqul Islam, M Rezaul Malik. Mohammad All. SM Nazrul Islam. Afzal Hossain. Obaidur Rah man. Razzab Sharil. Abu Alam Chowdhury. Taher Sobhan and Abdul Wahed.
BNP leaders Abdul Maiuian Bhuiyan. Shamsul Islam and M Morshed Khan were present.