It accuses FBCCI chief of political bias; businesses counter again saying 'strike very destructive to economy'

BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday sharply rebuffed a request by business leaders that the opposition find alternatives to economically crippling dawn-to-dusk hartals.
Delwar accused AK Azad, the president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), of bias in the country's political affairs, including the highly partisan general strikes.
“The president of a business organisation like the FBCCI should not make any biased statement,” he said at a press conference at the party's central office in Naya Paltan.
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