Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday warned that rumours are being spread in an attempt to destabilise the country and urged people to remain vigilant.
He made the remarks at a programme to exchange greetings with prominent members of the Hindu community on the occasion of Janmashtami and to distribute honorariums among priests and sebaits.
The Prime Minister said that some people are spreading rumors to destabilize the country. Social media is being used for this. Everyone must be careful.
Calling for maintaining communal harmony, Tarique Rahman said that everyone has equal rights regardless of religion and caste. Everyone has the right to security, regardless of religion. No one is a minority in this country. We are all Bangladeshis.
Earlier, the Premier walked from his office at Bangladesh Secretariat to Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital to attend the Janmashtami programme as the chief guest at 10:00am in the morning.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust jointly organised the programme, which is being attended by leading representatives of the Hindu community, religious leaders, eminent citizens, and priests and sebaits from different parts of the country.
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