Staff Reporter:
Thousands of BNP activists and supporters joined its rally in front of party’s Nayapaltan central office yesterday.
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman addressed the rally as the chief guest, joining virtually from London. While ailing party chairperson Khaleda Zia also addressed the rally virtually from a city hospi-tal
Following the fall of the Awami League government on August 05 last, the BNP is holding its first pub-lic rally.
The rally formally began around 2:40 pm on Wednesday (August 07, 2024) with the recitation from the holy Quran.
BNP leaders and activists have started gathering before the party’s Nayapaltan central office with proces-sions carrying banners, festoons, placards, and portraits of the party’s top leaders from different parts of Dhaka since morning to join the rally.
Senior BNP leaders, including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will also speak at the rally.