Dhaka, April 18 -- Prime Minister's Office spokesperson Dr Mahdi Amin on Saturday said the opposition is creating obstacles to the country's development initiatives instead of cooperating with the government's ongoing reform and development activities.

"We thought that in this short period, (the opposition) would extend overall cooperation with the positive steps taken by the government under the leadership and guidance of the Prime Minister," Mahdi said, at a press conference held at the PMO to mark the completion of the first two months of the BNP government. "But we have seen that instead of doing that, they chose alternative paths, including creating ruckus in Parliament, threatening protests on the streets, and spreading rumors and ...