<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that the “evil force” called BNP must be resisted to keep the values of Liberation War and democracy safe in Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quader made the remark after paying tribute to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib on her 94th birth anniversary at Dhaka’s Banani graveyard this morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The road, transport and bridges minister said, “Politics of murder and conspiracy started in the country since the brutal assassinations of Bangabandhu on August 15 and four national leaders on November 3 in 1975. The grenade attack on August 21, 2004, primarily targeting Bangabandhu's daughter Sheikh Hasina, was a continuation of that.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Twenty-three lives were lost, including Ivy Rahman, in that grenade attack. BNP was behind this history of bloodbath. This party initiated the politics of murder and conspiracy in Bangladesh,” Quader added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Obaidul Quader also said Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib is one of the most remarkable women in Bangladesh’s history. “From Sheikh Mujib to Bangabandhu, from Bangabandhu to the Father of the Nation – Begum Mujib was not only Bangabandhu’s wife, she was also a dedicated partner in all the struggles,” he said.&nbsp; UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>