The BNP and like-minded parties will hold rallies in all metropolitan cities on March 18 to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.
The fresh program of the simultaneous movement came from the opposition's human chain program observed in all district towns and 13 organizational divisional cities, including Dhaka, on Saturday.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir announced the program while addressing a human chain in front of the party's Naya Platan central office. Senior leaders of the BNP and its allies also led human chains in different areas of the capital, others cities and districts downs and announced a similar program for March 18.
The program is also meant for registering the opposition parties' protest against the rise in the prices of power, gas and essential items, and mounting pressure on the government to quit power and to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia without any condition, drop the "false" cases against her and other party leaders and activist and accept the party's 10-point demand.
Apart from the BNP, Ganotantra Mancha, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote, Gono Forum, People's Party and Peshajibi Ganatantrik Jote formed human chains separately and announced a similar program for March 18.
Dhaka south and north city of the BNP formed human chains separately in the city's Naya Platan and Badda areas respectively.
Party Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain led the human chain program of the Dhaka north unit. It was the ninth program of the simultaneous movement by the BNP and other opposition parties.
In December BNP and like-minded parties and alliances started a simultaneous movement to bring down the government, or at least realize the all-important caretaker or non-party provision ahead of the next election.
Besides, leaders and activists of the BNP's Dhaka north and south units observed a road march program in five areas in the capital since January 28.
The party also arranged a similar program in all unions, districts and divisional cities across the country to press home their 10-point demand.