Mirza Alamgir condemns denial of permission

BNP has lambasted the government for denying permission to the party to organise a rally in Narayanganj city with Khaleda Zia addressing it. “The BNP chairperson wanted to convey sympathy to the families of the victims in Naryanganj,” acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a news conference in Dhaka on Thursday. He said obstructing her to address a rally was denial of democratic rights. “We strongly condemn it.” Mirza Alamgir hoped Naryanganj Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy would reconsider her decision of not allowing the BNP to hold the May 14 rally there. BNP Standing Committee member ASM Hannan Shah went to Narayanganj to stand by the grief stricken people in the city, he said, according to bdnews24.com.