The government wants to bring back everyone who fled the country, including ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Information and Broadcasting Minister Andalib Rahman Partha has said. He also stated that the government would not exercise control over the media.

The minister made the remarks while speaking to journalists at the Secretariat in the capital on Tuesday (August 25) afternoon.

He said, ‘Not just ousted Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka wants everyone who is absconding to be returned.’

On media freedom, Andalib Rahman Partha said, ‘The government will not control the media.’

The minister also said there had been no incidents of enforced disappearance in the country over the past six months. He added that the country has adequate stocks of fertilizer and there is no fertilizer shortage.

However, Partha said there have been allegations of irregularities in fertilizer distribution in some areas.