KHULNA, July 6, 2025 (BSS) - The biennial conference of the Sonadanga Thana unit of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal was held on Saturday at the Zia Hall premises in the city. 

BNP City Unit President Advocate Shafiqul Alam Mona addressed the conference as the chief guest, with Khulna City Sramik Dal Convener Mojibur Rahman in the chair. 

BNP organizing secretary Sheikh Sadi, Chowdhury Hasanur Rashid Miraj, Sonadanga Thana Unit BNP president Hafizur Rahman Moni, general secretary Asaduzzaman Asad, and Zakir Iqbal Bappi, among others, addressed the event. 

Shafiqul Alam Mona said "The once-thriving industrial city of Khulna has now turned into a dead zone due to rampant looting and closure of mills by the Awami League regime."

He also said that flourishing democracy was severely hampered as the then Awami League government destroyed election system and launched ruthless crackdown on freedom of speech.     

The student-led mass uprising sparked across the country that toppled autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina ending her nearly 16-year rule, other leaders said.