Dhaka, March 8 -- Local Government Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is trying to destabilise Bangladesh while staying in India.

"Fascist Hasina has fled to India, but from there she is trying to create instability in the country. This is clearly a criminal offence," Fakhrul said.

He made the allegation while speaking at the inauguration of the documentary 'Mayer Daak' at the Bangladesh Film Archive in Agargaon, marking International Women's Day.

The minister alleged that during the last one and a half decades many families were ruined, while hundreds of people were subjected to enforced disappearance and killings.

"But the most frightening reality...