Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Voicing concern that efforts are being made to view the country from a religious perspective, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday expressed the hope that people will once again prove through their verdict in the next election that Bangladesh is a non-communal state.

"It is unfortunate that in today's Bangladesh - the country we wanted to build as a non-communal nation- various attempts are being made to see it from a religious angle," he said.

The BNP leader made the remarks while exchanging views with leaders of the Bangladesh Christian Forum at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office.

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