BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the government lied about the Dhaka visit of US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu. 

He also said the government lied about the lifting of US sanctions on RAB, which became clear through the recent statement of the US embassy in Dhaka.

Mirza Fakhrul came up with the remark at a press conference at the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office on Wednesday (Jan 18). 

"We are not happy about the ban; it is a shame for us", he said. 

Sanctions should come against the government, he said, adding that people rather have given sanctions against the government.

On January 17, the US embassy in Dhaka in a statement said that the US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, during his visit to Dhaka did not give any timeframe for removal of sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion.

BDST: 1643 HRS, JAN 18, 2023
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