Dhaka: Accusing BNP-Jamaat nexus for continuing violence enforcing hartals and blockades, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the BNP-Jamaat are committing the same crimes the Islamic State (IS) is doing in the Middle East.

"BNP-Jamaat are committing the same crimes the IS is doing in the Middle Eastern countries like Iraq, Syria and Jordan. There is no difference among them," she said.

Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president made the statement  in her introductory speech at a meeting of the Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) at her official residence Ganobhaban on Friday evening.

Calling upon the people to put up strong resistance against the killing, arson, anarchy of the BNP-Jamaat clique, the Prime Minister said united resistance of people can only stop them.

Sheikh Hasina expressed gratitude for peaceful holding of the first-day SSC exams and urged Khaleda Zia not to enforce hartal again during the SSC examinations by considering the life of 15 lakh examinees.