Dhaka, May 1 -- BNP Standing Committee member and the Prime Minister's Political and Agricultural Adviser Nazrul Islam Khan on Friday called on every attendee at the party's May Day rally to recruit at least two new members for the BNP within the next year.

He made the appeal while addressing a May Day rally organised by the Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal at Nayapaltan in the capital, which drew a large turnout of workers and party supporters despite rain-soaked streets across the city.

Nazrul said such an initiative would further strengthen the party and help defeat all conspiracies and political opponents.

"If each of you can bring just two new members into the BNP over the next year, our strength will multiply significantly, and no force w...