BNP, like-minded parties to hold rallies in city today

The BNP and like-minded parties are set to bring out mass processions with black flags today (Friday) as part of their one-point simultaneous movement, reports UNB.
This will be the fifth programme of the one-point movement of the opposition parties to mount pressure on the government to quit and hold the next election under a non-party caretaker government.
On Friday, BNP's Dhaka south and north city units and other parties and alliances will separately bring out mass processions carrying black flags in the city after Juma prayers.
Dhaka south city unit of BNP will take out a procession from Nayapaltan BNP central office at 3pm. Party standing committee member Mirza Abbas will inaugurate the procession that will end at Doyaganj.
BNP's Dhaka north city unit will start a procession from Shyamoli Ring Road which will end at Mohammadpur Bus Stand after parading different roads. BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury will launch the programme after a brief rally.
Apart from BNP, Ganotantra Mancha, 12-party alliance, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote, LDP, Gonoforum and People's Party, Samamona Peshajibi Ganatantrik Jote, Gonotantrik Bam Oikya, Labour Party, NDM, Bangladesh Sadaran Chhatra Odhikar Sanrakshan Parishad, two factions of Gono Odhikar Parishad, AB Party, Janatar Odhikar Party and NDP will also observe the programme separately in different areas of the capital.