BNP’s march from Shyamoli to Bosila begins

Leaders and activists of BNP's Dhaka North City unit have started marching towards Bosila from Shyamoli to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain formally inaugurated the programme at Shyamoli Club Ground around 2:35pm.

The march will end at Bosila Saat Rasta intersection.

In a brief address prior to launching the march, Mosharraf said their party has been on a peaceful movement to realise the demands of the country's people. "That's why people are making our every programme a success with their spontaneous participation. The country's people no longer want to see Awami League in power."

He said the government was resorting to various repressive acts to suppress the opposition leaders and activists as it was afraid of their ongoing movement. "But we would like to say the government will not be able to resist this movement."

Thousands of leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies joined the programme, carrying banners, national and party flags, festoons and portraits of the party's top leaders.

A large number of law enforcers have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order and fend off any untoward incidents.

It was the first of BNP's second round of march programmes in the capital.

On February 7, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced a two-day fresh march programme in the capital for February 9 and 12.