Dhaka: Accusing the ruling party cadres of attacking the vehicle of US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat, BNP on Sunday demanded immediate action against these involved in the incident.

Speaking at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also strongly condemned the incident saying that it is tantamount to attack on the USA.

‘Bernicat is the representative of the USA. The attack on the US ambassador is tantamount to the attack on that country,’ he said, reports the UNB.

Fakrul also regretted that the attack will badly harm Bangladesh image in the international arena. ‘We demand the government immediately identify Awami League cadres who carried out the attack, and met out exemplary punishment to them. We also strongly protest and denounce the attack.’