Nobody pays any heed to US sanctions: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cannot be stopped by issuing visa policy and sanctions.

“Bangladesh will run in line with the Constitution. It does not abide by any country's sanctions. We could not be defeated in 1971 and Sheikh Hasina cannot be stopped even today by issuing sanctions. We don't care about anyone's sanctions,” he said.

He was speaking at a ‘peace and development’ rally organised by Dhaka District Awami League at Jinjira in Keraniganj on Tuesday afternoon.

The AL general secretary said the United States imposed sanctions but BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir issued threat over the sanctions.

Chaired by Dhaka District AL President Benazir Ahmad, MP, the rally was addressed, among others, by AL Presidium Member Qamrul Islam, Joint General Secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organising Secretary Mirza Azam, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman and State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.

Dhaka District AL General Secretary Paniruzzaman Tarun moderated the rally.