BNP to organise rally demanding Khaleda Zia's release

BNP has announced to organise a three-day rally programme demanding the release of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is undergoing treatment now, from jail.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced this programme from a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office in the capital on Wednesday (June 26).

Mirza Fakhrul said that a rally will be held in front of the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in the capital at 3pm on June 29 demanding the unconditional release of Khaleda Zia. Rallies will be held in major metropolitan cities on July 1, and in district headquarters on July 3.

He said that the movement for the release of Khaleda Zia will be accelerated. We want to take this movement to the final stage.

Earlier on Friday (June 21), Khaleda Zia suddenly fell ill at 3:30am at her Gulshan residence in the capital. She was then admitted to the CCU at Evercare Hospital. A permanent pacemaker was implanted in her heart on Sunday afternoon.