Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the nationwide mayhem was a part of conspiracy to completely cripple the economy to make Bangladesh again a country of beggars.
"It might be their conspiracy to make us again a nation of beggars by crippling the country's economy completely," she said.
The prime minister made the remarks with emotional voice after paying a visit to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) popularly known as Pongu Hospital at Sher-e-Banglanagar here to see the injured people who came under terror attacks during the total shutdown centring the quota reform movement, reports BSS.
She later visited rampaged Setu Bhaban, the Department of Disaster Management and toll plaza of the expressway at Mohakhali.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, among others, was present at the Setu Bhaban.