BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Adviser to the Chairperson Zainul Abedin Farroque and other central BNP leaders led the hour-long protest that began at 11am on Monday. BNP activists and their allies from across Dhaka poured in on the key road to join the protest. They stood on one side of the road and chanted slogans demanding Khaleda’s release. A Dhaka special judge’s court sentenced the former prime minister to five years in prison on Feb 8. Soon afterwards, she was taken to the old jailhouse on Nazim Uddin Road.The BNP held nationwide protests on Friday and Saturday following the verdict.

Source: bd News24 February 12, 2018 06:11 UTC