BNP gets DMP nod to hold today’s sit-in prog at Nayapaltan

Staff Reporter :
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) got approval from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to stage a mass sit-in protest in Nayapaltan on Wednesday.
BNP Vice-chairman Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said, “An effective discussion with the DMP commissioner has been made. There is no bar to stage the pre-announced mass sit-in protest program in Nayapaltan from 10am to 2pm on 11 January. “
DMP’s Deputy Commissioner (Media) Faruq Hossain said “BNP has been permitted to hold the programme from 10am to 2pm on condition of keeping traffic movement normal.”
Earlier yesterday a BNP delegation hold a meeting with DMP commissioner Md Golam Faruq along with other officials at DMP headquarters seeking consent to hold the program.
Dr AZM Zahid Hossain and party’s law affairs secretary Kaiser Kamal were among the delegation.
Meanwhile, on 30 December, BNP announced a mass sit-in protest in all divisional cities including Dhaka on 11 January as part of the party’s simultaneous anti-government movement.