BNP, like-minded parties to hold rallies in Dhaka today

Staff Reporter :
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and like-minded parties will bring out mass processions with black flags on Friday as part of their one-point simultaneous movement.

The opposition parties have arranged the programme to mount pressure on the government to quit and hold the next election under a non-party caretaker government.

They also will bring out a similar programme in all metropolitan cities on Saturday to press home the one-point demand.

On Friday, BNP’s Dhaka south and north city units and other parties and alliances will separately take out mass processions carrying black flags in the capital after Juma prayers.

Dhaka south city unit of BNP will take out a procession from Nayapaltan BNP central office at 3:00pm.

Party standing committee member Mirza Abbas will inaugurate the procession that will end at Doyaganj.

BNP’s Dhaka north city unit will start a procession from Shyamoli Ring Road which will end at Mohammadpur Bus Stand after parading different roads.

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury will launch the programme after a brief rally.

Apart from BNP, Ganotantra Mancha, 12-party alliance, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote, LDP, Gonoforum and People’s Party, Samamona Peshajibi Ganatantrik Jote, Gonotantrik Bam Oikya, Labour Party, NDM, Bangladesh Sadaran Chhatra Odhikar Sanrakshan Parishad, two factions of Gono Odhikar Parishad, AB Party, Janatar Odhikar Party and NDP will also observe the programme separately in different areas of the capital.