Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is conspiring from abroad to destabilise the country through killing foreigners living in Bangladesh.

The Prime Minister said this when newly elected office-bearers of Chittagong, Barisal, Rangpur, Gopalganj and Gazipur Bar Associations met her at her official residence Ganobhaban.

Hasina, also the Awami League chief, said Khaleda killed people in the name of agitation programme when she was in the country. ‘Now staying abroad, she is killing foreign nationals to create panic among them and to taint the country’s image.’

She said Khaleda has changed her agitation programme plan. ‘What’s their new technique? BNP-Jamaat clique engaged lobbyists in various countries, including the European ones, the UK and the USA to spread negative propaganda against the country,’ Hasina added.

The Prime Minister urged people to stay alert against Khaleda’s conspiracy to destabilise the country through killing foreign nations.

Hasina said whenever the country was heading towards development and reached to a dignified position in the world the, the BNP-Jamaat nexus started burning from inside.

‘They put in their all-out efforts to tarnish the country’s image and for that they killed people and do whatever needed to materialise their plot,’ she said seeking the cooperation of all in foiling the evil design.

Law Minister Anisul Haque, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Awami League Advisory Council member Adv Yusuf Hossain Humayun, AL Law Secretary Adv Abdul Matin Khashru, former chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah and Law Secretary Abu Saleh Sk. Md. Zahirul Haque were present at the dais.

Earlier, the presidents and general secretaries of the bar associations greeted the Prime Minister by presenting her bouquets.