BNP to organize rally on February 22

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will organize a rally on February 22, demanding the release of their party chief Khaleda Zia. Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the declaration while speaking at a press briefing at BNP's Naya Paltan headquarters on Friday. He said they have decided to hold the rally either at Suhrawardy Udyan or in front of their party office. “We have sought permission from authorities concerned to organize the program.” He added the countrywide mass signature collection drive demanding the release of Khaleda Zia will formally begin at 11am at Naya Paltan central office on Saturday. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will inaugurate the program. On February 8, a special court convicted Khaleda and sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.