Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said BNP should join the next polls and should not repeat the mistake as it did by boycotting the 2014 election.

‘I want to ask her (Khaleda Zia) and her party to come to the right path of healthy politics. They (BNP) shouldn’t repeat their mistake as they did in the 2014 general election. People will cast their votes for those whoever they like,’ Sheikh Hasina said.

The Prime Minister was addressing a community reception accorded to her at the City Conference Center on Thursday evening.

Sheikh Hasina said Awami League wants the democratic trend continues in the country. ‘They (BNP) should stay away from the path of killings. We’re moving ahead as Bangladesh now reached a respected position in global arena.’

She also came down heavily on Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus for his ‘role’ in stopping the World Bank fund for Padma Bridge project, bringing allegations of corruption against her, instigating Hillary Clinton to phone her after losing his Managing Director post of Grameen Bank and giving threat to her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy thrice by the State Department.

The Prime Minister also mentioned that she had fruitful discussions with the King and the Prime Minister of Sweden.

Reiterating her firm stance that there would be no place for any sort of terrorism and militancy on Bangladesh soil, the

Prime Minister said Islam is a religion of peace and it never supports killing innocent people. ‘We’ve taken massive steps to combat terrorism and militancy by any means.’

She urged the expatriate Bangladeshis to project the ongoing development activities in Bangladesh alongside telling that BNP is a ‘terrorist and militant outfit’.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali also spoke at the reception chaired by president of Swedish unit of Awami League.