, April 24 -- Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said there is no fuel shortage in the country and the current situation has been artificially created by some people involved in unethical business practices.

"There is no fuel crisis in the country. However, some people are creating this situation through unethical business activities," he said while addressing a programme in Thakurgaon.

He made the remarks at a function organised by the district administration at Mirza Ruhul Amin Auditorium, where relief and development assistance were distributed.

Mirza Fakhrul alleged that profiteering and black-market trading of fuel are behind the perceived s...