Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said some troublemakers and instigators are making evil attempts to destroy freedom of the press and freedom of expression.

“It is very unfortunate that a dangerous matter has begun, which is launching attack on newspapers and attack on freedom of expression for which we have always struggled and fought,” he said while speaking at a book launching ceremony in a Gulshan hotel here today.

Fakhrul said: “Today we are witnessing that some troublemakers and instigators have resorted to impede and destroy the freedom of press. Any conscious or patriotic person cannot accept such attempts by any means“.

The BNP secretary general urged all, who are making such attempts, to get rid of this “suicidal path” and extend cooperation to the government to give democracy an institutional shape.

He said the country’s media enjoyed the highest level of freedom during the tenure of BNP from 2001-2006.

 A book titled “Tarique Rahman: Politics and Policies Contemporary Bangladesh”, authored by writer, journalist and researcher Mohammad Zainal Abedin, was launched on the event with former Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad and BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar in the chair.

About the recent clashes of students in the capital, Mirza Fakhrul urged all to remain patient and extend cooperation to the interim government.

“If the government fails, the revolution and mass uprising will also fail. And again, we will fall in darkness. So, we will have to think positively over these issues,” he said.