Forge national consensus for fresh polls: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday stressed the need for forging a national consensus to take the country forward through holding a fresh election under a non-party caretaker government. “We want to work together and restore peace. We all must achieve a national consensus to take the country forward. There maybe differences of opinions among us, but we will have to work together,” she told an Iftar party. Khaleda, also a former Prime Minister, further said, “I call upon all to come forward with a fresh vigour to work together forgetting the past bitterness. For this, an elected and democratic government must be established through a fair election under a non-party administration.” The pro-BNP faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ)  and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) arranged the Iftar party on the premises of the Jatiya Press Club, according to a news agency.