Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has outlined three immediate challenges for the next government after his party secured an absolute majority in the election.

He made the comment at the Shahjalal International Airport after returning from his Thakurgaon-1 constituency, where he defeated his nearest rival, a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate, by about 90,000 votes.

"The biggest challenges for the next government are reviving the economy, ensuring law and order and controlling corruption," the secretary general said.

BNP has won 209 of the 299 seats in the parliamentary polls.

"The results bring joy and sorrow at the same time," said Fakhrul.

The reason for sorrow, he said, is that the joy of the "unprecedented v...