Ramaswami: THE Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) held its tenth Congress at Dhaka, capital city of the country, from October 11 to 13. On October 11 morning the CPB congress started with an open session in the Mahanagar Natya Manch open space, with a few thousand people with red flags and banner attending the function. Besides the fraternal delegates from foreign countries, leaders of various Left and democratic parties and prominent intellectuals also attended the open session. CPB president Manjurul Ahsan Khan presided over the open session where party general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim, reception committee chairman Haider Akbar Khan Rano and fraternal party leaders spoke. CPB leaders urged upon their countryman to launch powerful and united struggles against imperialist globalisation and capitalist exploitation, and to uphold the principle and spirit of the great Liberation War. They asserted that only the Left and democratic forces can provide the only alternative, bringing about changes in the present exploitative socio-economic system that is responsible for the pathetic condition of the common man. They also warned the people against fundamentalist and communal forces who are out to disturb the secular tradition of Bangladesh.