Dhaka, May 31 -- BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said Ziaur Rahman and Bangladesh are inseparable, adding that the country's Liberation War began with Zia's declaration of independence and that he later played a pivotal role in rebuilding the nation.

"Ziaur Rahman and Bangladesh are inseparable. They cannot be separated. Through Ziaur Rahman's declaration, the Liberation War of Bangladesh began and through that war Bangladesh emerged as a new state before the world," he said.

Fakhrul made the remarks while presiding over a discussion at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium in Farmgate marking the 45th death anniversary of BNP f...