“By and large, reading the report it seems (to me) that it is more applicable to the US than to Bangladesh,” Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said at a press briefing on Monday at the ministry. The 2019 report released last Wednesday termed the 11th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh “improbably lopsided” and “not considered free and fair”. The foreign minister drew parallels with the US on a number of issues, from LGBT issues to elections, and said the report is as applicable to the US. “So anyone can prepare the report, but it has to be objective.”“We’ll welcome any report if they prepare it after rigorous investigation on their own. Then it’ll be more objective,” he said, adding that this report was prepared based on the information from different media reports and NGOs.

Source: bd News24 March 18, 2019 12:55 UTC