BNP gets permission for rally in city

Senior Correspondent: BNP has got unofficial permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold a rally in the city.

The party will observe the programme demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail at 3:00pm on Friday.

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi confirmed the matter to risingbd on Thursday.

He said, “We’ve got verbal permission from police to hold our scheduled rally in front of our Nayapaltan central office on Friday.

He hoped that the DMP authorities will also give them the written permission soon.

Rizvi said the DMP commissioner gave the permission when their party’s delegation, led by party chairperson’s adviser Abul Khair Bhuiyan, met him at his office.

He said their party and its associate bodies took all the necessary preparations for making the rally a success.
 

risingbd/Dhaka/July 19, 2018/Reza/A K Azad