The government has turned the country into ‘Hirak Rajar Desh’ and it will meet the same fate as Hirak Raja, said BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Tuesday. “Bangladesh did not become independent to establish anyone’s one-party rule. Bangladesh became independent to ensure democracy, freedom of speech and right to franchise. It’s not a kingdom of any king or queen and not to turn a ‘Hirak Rajar Desh’,” he said. The BNP leader came up with the remarks while addressing a road march programme of the party at Jhenaidah bus terminal. Rizvi calls on govt to take immediate action to save Khaleda Zia The BNP road march started at 11:45 am from Jhenaidah town and will end at Khulna via Jashore and Magura. He also urged the leaders and activists of BNP to get prepared to topple the government. Abbas also said that the health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is critical. The BNP leader alleged that the government has made the country bankrupt through money laundering. “When we raise our voice, the law enforcement agencies arrest us and sent to jail. These will not be tolerated in an independent country,” he said. BNP postpones Aminbazar rally after denied permission Once the amount of Bangladesh’s defaulted loan Tk 21,000 crore and now it stands at Tk 109 thousand crore. “People want to know where this money has gone?” he added. Earlier on September 18, BNP announced a 15-day programme till October 3, including road marches, as part of their ongoing one point-movement demanding resignation of the government. US sanctions made govt lose its sanity: Fakhrul The programme was extended by two days till October 5 on Thursday.  

Some people have become rich through ‘mega corruption’ in the name of mega projects while the condition of the common people is getting worse day by day, said BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Saturday. “We have one demand….this government has to resign. Dissolve parliament and hold an election under a caretaker government,” said the BNP leader while inaugurating the party’s road march from Barishal to Patuakhali under Barishal division at Bangabandhu Uddyan in the town around 11 am.Leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies from six districts under the division joined the road march. BNP extends 15-day programmes by 2 days“Apart from our leaders and workers, journalists are not spared when anyone speak out against the irregularities of the government. So dissolution of parliament and arranging the election under a caretaker government has become our lone demand,” he added.Earlier on September 18, BNP announced a 15-day programme till October 3, including road marches, as part of their ongoing one point-movement demanding resignation of the government.The programme was extended by two days till October 5 on Thursday.  5 road marches form centrepiece of BNP's 15 days of activism from TuesdayThe six road marches spread across the country started with Bhairab to Sylhet (Sylhet division) on September 21.The road march under Khulna division will be held on September 26, then Mymensingh to Kishoreganj (Mymensingh division) on October 1, and finally Cumilla to Chattogram (Cumilla and Chattogram divisions) on October 3.Khulna Division Road March will be led by Mirza Abbas and Babu Gayeshwar Chandra Roy.On September 27, public rallies will be held at Gabtoli in Dhaka metropolitan and Fatullah in Narayanganj district. Nazrul Islam Khan and Begum Selima Rahman (Gabtoli), Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury (Fatullah) will be present as the chief guests.A women's rally will be held in Dhaka on September 29. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Begum Selima Rahman will be present at the rally. Moreover, a Workers' Convention in Dhaka will be held on September 30, road march from Mymensingh to Kishoreganj on October 1, farmers rally in Dhaka on October 2, and road marches in Faridpur Comilla, Feni, Misrail and Chittagong on October 3.

Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have jointly announced a road march programme on September 16 and 17. The protest aims to realise a one-point demand --removal of the current government and appointment of an election-time government, said Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal President Sultan Salahuddin Tuku during a press conference held at the BNP central office in Nayapaltan on Wednesday (September 13, 2023). German Embassy’s Chargé d'Affaires meets Mirza Fakhrul "Our primary objective is to assert our right to vote by challenging the current government. We are also committed to restoring democracy, a fundamental pillar of Bangladesh's independence,” he said. Tuku said they would organise the road march on September 16 in Rangpur to Dinajpur, and on September 17 from Bogura to Rajshahi. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will inaugurate the protest march as the chief guest while senior BNP leaders are also expected to join. BNP spreading lies about the country’s diplomatic achievements: Quader "Similar to previous demonstrations, we encourage everyone, including motorcycle riders, to join our road march programme,” Tuku said. “We hold great hope that the youths of our nation will come forward--peacefully and democratically--to take part in this movement. Our objective is to mobilise popular support and bring about a change in government leadership,” he said.  Govt is procuring 10 Airbus aircraft to get commission, alleges Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday (July 01, 2023) said the current regime will be forced to concede to their demand for holding the next election under a non-party government as their party is going to launch a different type of movement involving the masses. Talking to reporters at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, he, however, assured that they will not announce any harsher programmes like hartal and blockade to avoid street violence. “It’ll undoubtedly be a little different from the previous movements and the involvement of the people will also increase,” the BNP leader said. Also read: BNP's movement to boil down to single point 'soon': Fakhrul He also said they are confident that there will be huge involvement of mass people, especially the young ones, in their one-point anti-government movement. “We believe that the government will finally be forced to concede and resign to hold the next election under a neutral government,” Fakhrul said. He claimed that their party’s recent youth rallies in different cities and districts evoked overwhelming response. Also read: It’s govt’s far-reaching political conspiracy, says Fakhrul about fresh case against Zia “We’ll now begin (road) march programmes. We hope that we’ll kick off the one-point movement in the future,” the BNP leader said. He said the one-point demand will be the combination of the BNP’s 10-point and the other opposition parties’ different demands with the objective to force the Awami League regime to quit, dissolve parliament, and arrange the national polls under a caretaker government by reconstituting the Election Commission. “The one-point demand is basically the resignation of this government.” Asked about the nature of the new-type of movement, the BNP leader said they are consciously avoiding any harsher programmes like hartal and blockade. Also read: Govt to blame for US’s disrespectful visa policy: Fakhrul “There is no reason for us to resort to violence. If the government somehow pushes the movement in that direction, then they’ll be held responsible for it. We’re carrying out the movement peacefully and we want to go to the final stage of it peacefully." Fakhrul, who returned to Dhaka in the afternoon from his home district Thakurgaon after celebrating the Eid-up-Azha, talked about different political issues while exchanging Eid greetings with journalists.

A chase and counter-chase took place between police and BNP leaders and activists in front of City College the capital's Dhanmondi area on Tuesday (May 23, 2023). Witnesses said leaders and activists of BNP staged a prescheduled march programme in the Dhanmondi area in the afternoon to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.. After the end of the march, they brought out a procession that ended at the Science Lab intersection. When they were marching towards City College, a chase and counter-chase took place with police around 4 pm, triggering a clash. Read more: Law enforcers cordon off Rajshahi BNP office, March programme cancelled Later, police lobbed tear gas shells and charged batons to disperse the BNP men. The BNP activists also hurled brick chips targeting police, said Deputy Commissioner of Ramna division of DMP Md Ashraf Hossain. Several vehicles were vandalized and one was set on fire during the clash. “Police took the situation under control and arrested some people from the spot,” said DC Ashraf. Read more: Mirza Fakhrul, Rajshahi BNP leader sued for 'death threat against PM' Ashraf said a group of BNP leaders and workers attacked the police and obstructed the movement of vehicles, forcing the law enforcers to go into action. He said 8/9 police personnel were injured in the attack. "We have arrested 15 people in this connection.” Dhaka South City unit BNP convener Abdus Salam said they ended their road march peacefully near LabAid and asked their leaders and workers to go to their respective destinations. “But police attacked our leaders and activists when they were returning home, leaving many of the injured. They also attacked our some leaders and activists, including Dhanmondi unit president Robiul Islam Robi,” he said. Read more: AL files two cases against 450 BNP men over a clash in Patuakhali Salam strongly condemned this incident and demanded the release of the arrested leaders and activists immediately.

Police today detained some 25 BNP activists and leaders, including a central leader, on charges of attempts to carry out subversive activities and chaos following a road march in Bagerhat district. BNP, however, claimed that police held at least 40 leaders and activists from different areas after a “peaceful” road march in the district. The detainees included central assistant publicity secretary Shamimur Rahman Shamim, district unit BNP’s former president MA Salam, its incumbent convener ATM Akram Hossain Selim Talim, and another leader Ali Robi, among others. Also Read: Police prevented BNP’s road march in Patuakhali, local leaders say Protesting the detainment and obstruction to their programme, BNP central committee Education Affairs Secretary ABM Dr Obaidul Islam at an instant press conference at Bagerhat Press Club around 11am alleged that at least 40 BNP men were detained centring the road march over several demands including resignation of the government and controlling price hike of essentials.    The BNP leader also announced a programme to be observed at each police station in all metropolitan cities on March 4, protesting the obstruction and detention of their party members across the country today. Md Asaduzzaman, superintendent of police in the district, said they apprehended some 20 to 25 BNP men after receiving information that the party men were hatching plans to carry out subversive activities and disorder in the name of the road march. Verification was going on about the detainees and legal actions will be taken in this connection later, the SP added.    

The BNP has moved up its road march in the capital city by a day, deciding to organise the programme on February 17 instead of February 18 ‘due to unavoidable reasons’. BNP acting office secretary Syed Imran Saleh announced the decision of the party at a press conference at its Nayapaltan central office on Tuesday. He, however, said the date for staging a similar programme in all other metropolitan cities—Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal, Sylhet, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Cumilla, Faridpur, Narayanganj and Gazipur-- remains February 18 as per the previous announcement of the party.“Our party earlier announced to organise marches in all metropolitan cities on February 18 (Saturday). The date of the programme in the capital has been rescheduled for some unavoidable reasons,” Prince said. As per the changed schedule, he said BNP’s Dhaka south and north city units will march on February 17 (Friday) separately at 2:30 pm. Also read: Now BNP announces march in divisional cities on Feb 18 Prince called upon the leaders, activists and supporters of BNP and its associate bodies in all thanas and wards under the metropolitan cities to take full preparation for making their march programme a success with their spontaneous participation and thus intensify the movement for realsing the party’s 10-point demand and protesting the public suffering. Earlier on Sunday last, BNP Standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain announced that their party leaders and activists will march in all metropolitan cities, including the capital, on February 18 (Saturday) to press home their 10-point demand, including the resignation of the government, dissolution of parliament and holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government. He made the announcement while launching BNP Dhaka north city unit’s road march towards the capital's Bosila from Shyamoli. The fresh programme is also meant for registering the party’s protest against the unbridled price hikes in power and gas, and all daily essentials, including rice, lentils, oil, flour and salt and the government’s repressive acts. BNP’s like-minded parties and alliances that have been carrying out the simultaneous movement will observe a similar programme in all cities as per the changed date. Earlier, leaders and activists of the party’s Dhaka north and south city units observed the march programme on January 28, 31, 30 and February 1, respectively, to push for their 10-point demand. The party also organised a march programme in all unions across the country on Saturday last amid the allegations of attacks and obstruction by the ruling party activists and law enforcers.