Anyone can criticise govt now, and it's a success

Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain has said anybody can criticise the interim government without fear, and that is the success of this administration, reports UNB.

"Could you criticise the government in power a year back or eight months back as you can do today? If nothing else, this government has at least achieved this one that anyone can freely criticise without fear. This is the essence of democracy," Hossain said while addressing an Iftar-dinner event marking the 27th anniversary of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) at Gulshan Shooting Club Convention Hall on Wednesday evening.

The Foreign adviser said often this government faces criticism about its performance.

Former Minister and BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhory, Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin, Secretary (East) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Md Nazrul Islam, Bimstec Secretary General Indra Mani Pandey, Ambassadors, High Commissioners and acting envoys CDAs stationed in Dhaka, including Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen, European Union (EU) Michael Miller, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Grigoryevich Khozin, Japanese Ambassador Saida Shinichi, South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Park Young-sik, UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis, Nepalese Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari, German Ambassador Achim Troster, Italian Ambassador Antonio Alessandro, Switzerland's Ambassador Reto Renggli, senior journalists, senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder and DCAB Members were present.

DCAB President AKM Moinuddin and General Secretary Arifuzzaman Mamun also spoke.