Dhaka, May 15 -- BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the people of Bangladesh had been deprived of their fair share of waters of the transboundary rivers because of the deposed Awami League government.

In a message marking the "Historic Farakka Day" on May 16, Fakhrul said the day remains a significant milestone in Bangladesh's national movement.

Rebuilding country from 'ruins' is BNP's new challenge: Fakhrul

"Forty-nine years ago, under the leadership of the undisputed oppressed people's leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, hundreds of thousands of people from across the country joined the historic long march towards Farakka demanding B...