People Appalled by BNP’s Return to Violent Arson: PM

People once again witnessed the horror of arson violence unleashed by BNP as the activists from the opposition party set fire to a number of buses during their protests, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday.

“We again witnessed the terrible scene of arson violence unleashed by them even yesterday,” she said referring to the torching of several buses in the city on Saturday.

The fifth phase of the project saw the opening of 50 more freshly built model mosques and Islamic cultural centers around the nation.

She gave a virtual opening ceremony for the mosques from her official house, Ganabhaban.

Hasina claimed that while the BNP claims to be Islamic, they are not sincere in their political activities. She said that everything BNP had done had been for show.

“You know their character. They are quite terrorists. You saw the arson violence even yesterday. They burnt a number of buses,” she said, adding that they burnt running buses, trains, launches, offices and schools in 2013 and 2014 too.

The prime minister urged citizens to maintain their vigilance so that similar terrorists couldn't harm the nation once more.

With the addition of the new ones, a total of 250 mosques have now been erected as part of the government's initiative to build 564 district- and upazila-level model mosques at a cost of Tk 9,435 crore across the nation.