The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday called a two-day programme to pay homage to those who were killed in the movements against authoritarian rule over the past 17 years and to mark International Democracy Day.
Its standing committee member AZM Zahid Hossain made the announcement at a press conference at the party鈥檚 Naya Paltan central office.
As part of the programmes, he said that a memorial rally would be held at the Central Shaheed Minar on September 14 to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the recent student-led mass uprising and the movement against authoritarianism over the past 17 years.
The rally would take place from 3:00pm to 5:00pm and would also remember the contributions of those who were injured and affected in the movement in various ways, he said.
Besides, he said that the party would organise a rally to mark International Democracy Day the following day on Sunday.
The venue of the rally has not yet been decided, but the party wants to arrange it either at Naya Paltan or at Suhrawardy Udyan.
Apart from Dhaka, Zahid added that similar 鈥楧emocracy Rallies鈥� would be organised in all the divisional cities on September 15 in observance of International Democracy Day.
The press conference was held after a joint meeting of the party and its associate bodies that was attended by the presidents and general secretaries of all units.