Days after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of former PM Khaleda Zia expressed "grave concern" over the Yunus-led interim government''s announcement that Dhaka had agreed in-principle to open a humanitarian corridor for transporting relief supplies to Myanmar''s Rakhine, the Bangladesh Islamist party, Khelafat Majlish, has now raised raised alarm over the move." />
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More Bangladeshi parties oppose interim govt’s go-ahead for humanitarian corridor to Rakhine

Dhaka, May 16 (UNI) More Bangladeshi parties are voicing opposition to the Interim Government's decision to establish a "humanitarian corridor" to Myanmar's Rakhine State to deliver aid supplies.
Days after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of former PM Khaleda Zia expressed "grave concern" over the Yunus-led interim government's announcement that Dhaka had agreed in-principle to open a humanitarian corridor for transporting relief supplies to Myanmar's Rakhine, the Bangladesh Islamist party, Khelafat Majlish, has now raised raised alarm over the move.
In a joint statement issued today, party leaders Ameer Mamunul Haque, and Secretary General Jalaluddin Ahmed said "We are deeply concerned to observe that the government has taken a seemingly positive stance under the patronage of foreign powers in establishing the so-called humanitarian corridor in Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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