Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File photo

Reaffirming that her government can handle the current situation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the officials of foreign ministry and Bangladesh embassies abroad to remain alert about any bad campaign against the country.
“The prevailing situation in Bangladesh is like a ‘temporary black cloud’ and we're capable of handling this, and we'll surely tackle it," she said alleging that the BNP chief’s main aim is to kill people.
The premier came up with the remarks in her introductory speech during a meeting with foreign ministry officials as she made a visit to it.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali delivered the welcome address at the meeting, which was attended, among others, by State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam, Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and its other senior officials.
The prime minister said her government has restored democracy in the country and vowed afresh to take the country forward maintaining the continuation of democracy, or else, the country would not see any development.
"We've been able to tackle natural disasters in the past and we'll be able to overcome the manmade disasters like 'temporary black cloud' the same way and Bangladesh will continue to move forward and I can say that," she said.
She also hoped that the good sense would prevail among the BNP-Jamaat men since the current violence and anarchy are hindering the pace of development that Bangladesh has achieved over the last six years.
The prime minister said following the oil spill incident in the Sundarbans, a UN team visited the world's largest mangrove forest, but that oil spill did not cause any severe loss to the Sundarbans thanks to the hard-work of the local people who collected the oil.
Recalling the countrywide violence and atrocities unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat to thwart the last January-5 general election, Hasina said BNP then decided not to participate in the election and let others join the election.