STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Mentioning that people are being shot dead in the US every day, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said America should protect the human rights of its own people first.

“Let them think first about how to save the people of their own country. That’s what they should do,” the premier told the Jatiya Sangsad in her concluding speech of the budget session.

Referring to the recent city corporation polls and parliamentary by-elections, Hasina said only the Awami League can hold free and fair elections in the country.

Blasting the US, the leader of the House said, “Many are being killed across the world. Even children are being shot dead in America every day. Killings are taking place in schools, shopping malls, and on streets.

“... People are being killed with their families inside homes. They should protect the human rights of their own people first,” she added.

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