BNP's rally started in front of the party's Nayapaltan headquarters around 2:30pm today
BNP yesterday called for calm and unity and ensuring the safety of all irrespective of religion, race and identity as well as immediate election.
She hoped for the situation to normalise soon
Acting chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to address the rally virtually as the chief guest
Following the fall of the Awami League government, BNP will hold a rally in front of its Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka tomorrow (Wednesday)
As BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and a host of other opposition political parties enforce a nationwide three-day rail, road, and waterways blockade from today, the ruling Awami League, police and pro-government transport leaders have devised their own plans to counter it.
The way the events unfolded on Saturday has given the Awami League rank and file a confidence boost, claim leaders of the ruling party.
After enforcing its first nationwide hartal in eight years, BNP yesterday called a three-day rail, road, and waterways blockade across the country from Tuesday to Thursday.
The government appears to have taken a tough stance against the BNP after Saturday’s clashes that turned the heart of the capital into a battlefield.
Police today arrested two people in the case filed over killing constable Amirul Islam Parvez during yesterday’s clash between law enforcers and BNP men in the capital's Fakirapool.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said the top leaders of BNP cannot shrug off their responsibility for yesterday's violence in Kakrail and the murder of a policeman
Police this morning cordoned off BNP's office in Nayapaltan with yellow tape, and are apparently treating it as a crime scene
A murder case was filed against BNP men over the killing of a police constable during the clash between law enforcers and BNP men in the capital's Fakirapool area.
Those who will try to harm people's lives or property in the name of hartal would face the maximum force of law, said the DMP chief
The armed and bloody attacks on their programme were a reflection of what the AL leaders and police have said since the announcement of the rally, says the BNP leader
The ruling Awami League yesterday said it would face the BNP politically and resist its hartal throughout the country.
At least 17 journalists were injured during clashes in the capital yesterday and several of them were reportedly attacked by BNP men.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the BNP will gain nothing by issuing threats to oust her government through a movement.
Downtown Dhaka turned into a battlefield yesterday as BNP activists and police clashed, leading to the death of a policeman and a ward-level BNP leader.
