Attack on Abdin: Khaleda to lead hunger protest

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will lead the party's six-hour hunger strike on July 13 protesting scrapping of the caretaker government system and the police attack on Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque.

The hunger strike will start at 10:00am at Engineers' Institute, Bangladesh in the capital. BNP announced the strike Friday.

Meanwhile, addressing a rally in front of the BNP central office in Naya Paltan yesterday, BNP Vice Chairman MK Anwar said the party would not sit for discussion with the government or participate in the next general election till the 15th amendment to the constitution is cancelled.

BNP Dhaka unit convener Sadek Hossain Khoka chaired the rally. Party's acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, leaders Rafiqul Islam Miah, Abdullah Al Noman, Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin, among others, also addressed the rally.

Source : The Daily Star

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