The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Political Leaders and senior journalists at a roundtable here Friday said there has been no qualitative change in the country's democracy after the 1/11 changeover.

They said the present situation of the country could never be described as better than the situation during the previous political governments.

"It's being said that there have been positive changes in the country' s socioeconomic and political sectors. But where are those positive changes? We cannot feel good just saying that the post-1/11 situation is good," said BNP joint secretary general Nazrul Islam Khan.

He was addressing a roundtable titled 'The Role of Media in Establishing Sustainable Democracy' arranged by Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at the Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon.

Nazrul Islam Khan recognized that it is true politicians are partially responsible for the present political stalemate, but it is also the politicians who can give Bangladesh a sustainable democracy.

He laid emphasis on the role of media in attaining the sustainable democracy.

Former Parliament Speaker and Awami League leader Advocate Abdul Hamid, former caretaker government adviser Sultana Kamal, Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sanghstha (BSS) Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, Daily Bhorer Kagoj editor Shaymol Dutt and Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique of Dhaka University, among others, addressed the roundtable.