UNB, Dhaka
Awami League leadership on Monday called for declaring the post-cyclone situation as ‘national disaster’ and forming an all-party relief committee to overcome what they apprehend as a grim scenario arising out of the calamity.
Addressing a press conference at the party’s Dhanmondi office, AL presidium member Suranjit Sengupta called for supplying relief materials to victims considering it a “warlike’ situation.
He also suggested that headquarters of the “temporary’ government be shifted to Barisal to ensure effective coordination of the relief operation. [Read more]