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Bangladesh PM brushes aside calls for dialogue

Xinhua, February 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday brushed aside calls for a dialogue to end the ongoing political crisis, saying culprits responsible for creating anarchy across the country will be brought to book.

She made the remarks after visiting Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where most of the political violence victims are undergoing treatment.

Bangladesh politicians, academics, jurists and former bureaucrats have already urged President Abdul Hamid to hold a national dialogue to resolve the current political crisis.

The group of eminent citizens had sent letters to President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, calling for talks to end the crisis that has reportedly claimed lives of 70 people since Jan. 5.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies have been enforcing a non-stop blockade since Jan. 6, demanding fresh parliament polls under a non-party caretaker government system. Endi