Love & peace, not revenge, will rebuild our country: Zia

Dhaka, August 7 A day after her release from house arrest, Bangladesh’s former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday thanked the people of the country for their “struggle to make possible the impossible” and said it is...

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Updated At : 10:15 AM Aug 08, 2024 IST

Dhaka, August 7

A day after her release from house arrest, Bangladesh’s former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday thanked the people of the country for their “struggle to make possible the impossible” and said it is not “anger” or “revenge” but “love and peace” which will rebuild the nation.

In her first public speech since 2018, delivered via video link at the BNP rally in Nayapaltan, 79-year-old Zia appealed for calm.

She thanked people as they fought and prayed for her to be released from imprisonment, The Daily Star newspaper reported.

“I have been released now. I want to thank the brave people who were in a do-or-die struggle to make possible the impossible.” “Youths are our future... No destruction, no anger and no revenge, we need love and peace to rebuild our countr,” she said. Zia was sentenced to 17 years in prison for graft in 2018. — PTI

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