The BNP's rally to mark International Day of Democracy has begun in front of the party’s Naya Paltan central office with the participation of thousands of leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies.
The rally formally began at around 2:30pm on Tuesday with recitation from the holy Quran.
BNP leaders and activists started gathering in front of their party office with party flags, banners and festoons around noon to join the rally, chanting various slogans.
Earlier last week, the BNP announced a two-day program to honour the memory of those killed in the movement against authoritarian rule over the past 17 years and to mark International Day of Democracy. Then it rescheduled the rally to Tuesday.
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman was scheduled to address the rally virtually from London as chief guest with Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the chair.
