Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Ruhul Kabir Rizvi says that giving Sheikh Hasina, who a tribunal has sentenced, the opportunity to give a speech from New Delhi is part of a "planned conspiracy".

Advertisement The prime minister's political advisor and BNP joint secretary general spoke to the media after laying wreaths at the graves of former president Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister Khaleda Zia on the occasion of the founding anniversary of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) on Thursday morning.

Referring to Aug 5, he said it marked Hasina's fall from power and a mass uprising for "democracy, political freedom, freedom of expression, and the protection of Bangladesh's independence and sovereignty".

He alleged that allowing Hasin...