Ex-PM says foreign policy can't be conducted through personal reaction or short-term political calculation, adding that it should be "independent, balanced and guided by national interest."
She also called for the release of detained Awami League leaders and former lawmakers, withdrawal of what she described as “fabricated cases”, and an end to what she called political persecution.
Shibly's comments came a day after the state-run BSS news agency quoted the premier's foreign affairs adviser Humayun Kobir as saying that Dhaka was in "no hurry to arrange a top-level visit without c ...