Quader: BNP to lose registration if they boycott polls

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP will lose its registration if it does not take part in the next general election. "BNP must join the next polls. Or else, they'll lose their registration as a political party," he said while talking to reporters after visiting work on a rail overpass at Shashangachha in Dhaka on Saturday. About BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's allegation that BNP is being threatened, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Quader said actions will be taken if they can come up with any proof or information to this end. "BNP talks in the air...we won't trust those," he added. The overpass, constructed at a cost of Tk65 crore, is expected to be opened to traffic in March next.