Big powerhouses conspiring against Bangladesh: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday said conspiracy is going on against Bangladesh from many big "powerhouses".
She urged the party workers to remain ready for making sacrifice as they had made for punishment of the killers of Bangabandhu after 1975, according to a news agency.
The Prime Minister was addressing a blood donation programme of Jatiya Krishak League, peasant wing of Bangladesh Awami League, as part of the party's month-long programme marking August 15, the National Mourning Day, on the premises of Bangabandhu Bhaban in the city this afternoon.
"Bangladesh is going ahead facing the conspiracy of many big powers," she said, adding that the conspirators wanted to destroy the nation, but failed."
Sheikh Hasina said, "We mourned the death of Bangabandhu, but did not break down. That's why we decided to fulfill the aspirations of the Father of the Nation. We worked hard to this end day after day."
Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, Awami League Presidium member Sahara Khatun, joint secretaries Mahbub Ul Alam Hanif and Dr Dipu Moni and AL agriculture affairs secretary Dr Abdur Razzak also spoke on the occasion.