The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have given permission to the BNP to bring out its per-announced black flag procession in the capital.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune: “The BNP has acquired conditional permission to hold their programme. The party members were asked not to carry any kind of sticks during the procession.”
“The DMP authority has asked the BNP to end their programme before 6pm.”
The BNP is set to stage its per-scheduled silent processions, holding black flags, in the capital and around the country in the afternoon to protest against the Israeli attack in Gaza that killed some 2,000 people.
Earlier speaking about the Gaza issue, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged the United Nations, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League to play a greater role in the issue.
The party is set to hold a rally on August 19 in protest of the recently approved National Broadcasting Policy.
Calling for the new broadcast policy to be completely scrapped, the party spokesperson claimed that the move to introduce the policy was part of a conspiracy to establish one-party politics.
He also urged that all journalists resist the broadcast policy.