<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has highlighted the importance of clearing the political clouds that once overshadowed Bangladesh-India relations, emphasising the need for fostering a harmonious partnership between the two nations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The political clouds that once overshadowed our relations with India had to be cleared in the interest of both nations,” she said on Friday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She was speaking at an awareness and driver retraining programme on noise pollution control in the capital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While acknowledging the historical significance of Bangladesh’s the recent mass uprising, Rizwana stressed the importance of balancing this legacy with a forward-looking approach to bilateral relations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;“We cannot deny the impact of the recent movement in our nation while building friendly ties with India,” she added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the same event, Rizwana announced that the Noise Pollution Control Act will soon be published as a gazette, reinforcing legal measures to combat noise pollution and protect public health.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Efforts are underway to finalise the necessary steps, and the act will be published shortly,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rizwana also questioned the lack of progress in political reforms, urging political parties to take accountability for decades of stagnation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“If political reforms cannot be achieved without the involvement of political parties, why haven’t they been implemented in the last 53 years?” she asked, calling for immediate action.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>