Fugitives Should Return to Bangladesh and Face Trial: Minister Rabiul Alam

Dhaka, Bangladesh || Monday, 9 November 2026 || 24 Kartik 1433

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Fugitives Should Return to Bangladesh and Face Trial: Minister Rabiul Alam

Published : Monday, 9 November, 2026 at 9:13 AM, Count : 45

Fugitives Should Return to Bangladesh and Face Trial: Minister Rabiul Alam

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam on Sunday questioned who was preventing fugitives from returning to Bangladesh, saying they should come back and face the legal consequences of their actions.

“If a fugitive wants to return to the country, who is stopping them? They should have stayed in the country and faced trial,” he said.

The minister made the remarks while speaking to journalists after an anti-terrorism rally in the Kunderbazar area of Tongibari upazila in Munshiganj.

He said the law encouraged fugitives and wanted individuals to return home and face the trials or sentences awaiting them.

Referring to the fall of the previous government, Rabiul Alam said a mass uprising had brought down a fascist regime accused of 17 years of misrule, wrongdoing, genocide and abuse of power.

“They are now facing trial, and verdicts have already been delivered in several cases,” he said.

The minister added that those who fled the country during the mass movement and popular uprising were not above the law. Allegations against them, their political party and its leadership were either under judicial consideration or had already resulted in verdicts.

Speaking about infrastructure development, he said the government had plans to undertake major improvements across the country.

He also announced that a policy decision had been taken to widen all upazila-level roads under the Roads and Highways Department to 18 feet.

The rally was chaired by Tongibari upazila BNP President Ali Azgar Ripon Mallick.

Lawmakers from Munshiganj-1, Munshiganj-2 and Munshiganj-3 constituencies—Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Advocate Abdus Salam Azad and Md Kamruzzaman Ratan—also addressed the gathering.

Earlier, the minister inaugurated the construction of Kunderbazar Bridge over the Taltala-Dahuri canal on the Muktarpur-Chhonbari road. He also laid foundation stones at both ends of the proposed bridge.

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