Dhaka, Aug. 6 -- Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, adviser to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman and Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, on Thursday condemned former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's virtual media address, for the first time since her ouster in 2024, from India, alleging that New Delhi's decision to allow the speech would adversely affect bilateral ties between the two countries.

Alal said the BNP strongly opposed the permission granted to Hasina to deliver her address from India and linked the issue to Bangladesh's political developments following August 5, 2024, the day she was ousted after a student-led uprising.

"We condemned it seriously, and we condemned the permission which was given to Sheikh Hasina by the ...