Targeting the motorcade of Khaleda Zia does very little to validate the government's tall talk about the flourishing state of democracy in the country.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader blames BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for attempting to create a volatile situation in the country in the name of relief distribution among Rohingyas.

ONE'S first reac-tion to the announcement of the three mayoral elections was to ascribe all sorts of motives on the part of the government, and motives there may still be on its part.