Move underway to make Speedy Trial Act permanent

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said move has been taken to make the Speedy Trial Act permanent but it is not to suppress any group or political party reports UNB.
"The enforcement of the Speedy Trial Act to maintain law and order has yielded results. The law will not be used to suppress the opposition, but against those who would enforce blockade and destabilise law and order," he said.
The minister said this while replying to questions from reporters after inaugurating the online firearms license renewal programme at the Ministry of Home Affairs in the city on Thursday. The law will be made permanent to expedite the trial of crimes, said the minister.
Replying to a question about the BNP's black-flag procession on the first day of parliament, he said, "It was not right for the BNP to destabilise the situation by bringing out black-flag procession on the first day of parliament.”