Dhaka/New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) Former premier Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday cautioned interim government chief Muhammad Yunus against antagonising the army over the issue of the trial of military officers in a civil tribunal.

Salahuddin Ahmed, the party’s standing committee member, told Yunus during an emergency meeting with political parties that “we (BNP) want you to maintain a good relation with the armed forces”.

“The state (Bangladesh) must remain in a balanced position,” he added.

“We don’t want to draw any risk as we will not be able to afford it,” Ahmed said, ahead of the planned general election in February next year.

Earlier in the evening, Yunus hurriedly called the emergency meeting with political parties amid discord among them over the imple

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