BNP announces countrywide long march on 18 February

BNP will organise a "long march" in the country's metropolitan area on 18 February, said BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khandkar Mosharraf Hossain.

He made the announcement on Sunday during a rally organised by BNP's Dhaka north unit in Shyamoli.

Khandkar Mosharraf said, "We are holding the long march to protest the uncontrolled prices of daily essentials including power, gas, rice and oil and to demand the release of Khaleda Zia, all other party leaders, the resignation of the ruling government and to hold elections under a non-partisan government."

All other parties who expressed solidarity with the simultaneous movement against the government will also participate in the long march on 18 February, Mosharraf said, adding that the programme will be held separately in the north and south of Dhaka.

The senior BNP leader also called for preparing a greater movement in the coming days by holding the march programme.

This long march is the continuation of BNP's series of movements demanding a non-partisan government to oversee the upcoming national elections.

The party put forward a 10-point charter of demands, including the resignation of the current Awami League government, during the party's final divisional rally at the Golapbagh field in the capital on 10 December last year.