No Talks on Poll-Time Govt Outside JS: PM tells ki-Moon

The Prime Minister said this while talking to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over telephone yesterday morning. The Prime Minister apprised Ban Ki-moon of the next general elections and the current political situation. Sheikh Hasina informed the UN secretary general that she earlier gave a proposal to opposition leader Khaleda Zia for a dialogue to solve the problems. "But instead of responding to the proposal, she issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the government and later the opposition destroyed peace and political environment by unleashing violence, terrorism and subversive acts to topple the government," Sheikh Hasina said.
The Prime Minister said her government wants peace and peaceful handover of power through fair elections. Sheikh Hasina expressed high hopes that the next general election would be held in due time as per the constitution and the people would be able to cast their votes without any barrier.
The UN secretary general made the phone call at about 11.30 am and the conversation lasted for about 30 minutes. The UN Secretary General lauded Bangladesh's tremendous successes in the fields of democracy, economic growth and millennium development goals under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
"Bangladesh has been acclaimed internationally for its firm stance against terrorism, militancy and fundamentalism," he said. Ban Ki-moon expressed his hopes that Bangladesh's advancement in democracy, economy and anti-militant activities would continue under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.
The UN secretary general invited the Prime Minister to attend the next UN General Assembly session next month. In response, the premier also invited the UN secretary general to visit Bangladesh at his convenient time.