BNP to focus on Tipaimukh Dam, Asian Highway, Maritime Boundary: Khaleda

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Former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said her party is focusing on Tipaimukh Dam, the Asian Highway and demarcation of maritime boundary as priority issues of the day in order to protect national interests.
Khaleda, leader of the opposition in parliament, outlined the BNP's priorities apart from reorganising the party while talking to UNB at her Gulshan office on Sunday night.
She said India's Tipaimukh Dam is an important national issue for Bangladesh and it should be resolved through united effort of all irrespective of political opinions.
Referring to the presentation of data and information about the controversial dam and its adverse impacts on Bangladesh under her personal initiative on July 18, Khaleda said she had invited ministers, leaders of both the ruling and opposition parties, experts and people of different professions to share information, data and knowledge about the dam and its possible fallouts.
The BNP chairperson observed that not only people of Bangladesh, but also of some states of India have raised their voices against the Indian government's move to construct the Tipaimukh Dam as it will harm both the countries rather than help either.
She said since experts are more competent than others to analyse the impact of the Dam, her party has been emphasising sending experts to visit the dam site and collect data and information about it.
Begum Zia mentioned that earlier she had sent a letter to the Prime Minister with a list of six members of a team that included four experts to visit the dam site. The names were sent responding to the Prime Minister's proposal, but they did not yet get any reply from the government side.