BNP observing 7-hr hunger strike

BNP is observing a seven-hour token hunger strike protesting the Supreme Court order upholding its stay on bail granted by the High Court to Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed in Cumilla.

The demonstration is being held at the Mahanagar Natyamancha in Dhaka’s Gulistan from 9am to 4pm on Monday.

The leaders and activists chanted slogans demanding Khaleda Zia be freed.

Advisors to the BNP Chairperson Kabir Murad and Ataur Rahman Dhali, BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Organising Secretary Syed Emran Saleh Prince, central leaders Nazimuddin Alam, Abdus Salam Azad, Taiful Islam Tipu, Nipun Ray Chowdhury and over a hundred party leaders and activists were present at the protest.

On July 2, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld its previous order staying the High Court order that had granted bail to Khaleda in a murder case filed over an arson attack in Cumilla on February 3, 2015.