BNP Activists Gathered At Nayapaltan To Observe May Day

Hundreds of leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated organisations gathered at Nayapaltan in the capital to participate in a rally on the occasion of May Day.

Braving the scorching heat, the opposition activists arranged the rally venue since noon with small processions.

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, an associate body of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), had arranged the rally which commenced at 3pm.

BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was scheduled to address the rally as the chief guest with Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal President Anwar Hossain in the chair.

A makeshift stage had been set up using trucks on the road in front of the party's headquarters where cultural activists performed songs to keep the opposition leaders and workers invigorated amidst the severe temperatures.

That time traffic movement became slow down in the Nayapaltan area as one side of the road completely was closed due to the gathering, causing public suffering.

Additional police had been deployed around the rally venue to maintain law and order.

Earlier, Sramik Dal sent a letter to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner informing about the rally.

After brief addresses the leaders of BNP and Sramik Dal, the opposition workers took out a colorful rally from Nayapaltan._UNB