BNP to organise workers' rally in city May 1

The BNP will hold a workers' rally in Dhaka on May 1, marking International Workers' Day, reports UNB.

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will attend the rally as the chief guest, report agencies.

BNP Standing Committee member and the Prime Minister's Political Adviser Nazrul Islam Khan made the announcement at a press conference at the party's central office in Nayapaltan on Friday afternoon.

He said May Day is the most significant day for working people across the world.

"Workers from different sectors and labour movements will join the rally. Since Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will be the chief guest and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will attend as the special guest, leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies will also be present," the BNP leader said.