BNP rally: After protracted negotiations, the BNP finally got permission for its rally today at a ground which was not its first choice by any means. The permission came at the cost of a life, injuries to around 100 people, and arrest of dozens of party stalwarts.
A Dhaka court has sent BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the party's Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas to jail in a case filed over the party's clash with police at Nayapaltan on Wednesday. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim's court denied bail of the BNP leaders after they were produced before the court Friday afternoon, Advocate Masud
Amid speculations, political tension, arrest of a huge number of party leaders and activists and protracted negotiations, BNP's last divisional rally finally started in the capital's at Golapbagh field this morning.