“The government must free Khaleda Zia from prison. An election with Khaleda Zia in jail will never be credible,” he said. BNP leaders and activists held an hour-long programme in Dhaka that began at 11am with concurrent demonstrations in metropolitan areas and district towns across Bangladesh. Fakhrul also claimed that many BNP leaders and activists were detained on false allegations or harassed by law-enforcement agencies. BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the government is trying to shut Khaleda and BNP out of the election race as seen in the previous polls.

Source: bd News24 September 10, 2018 12:22 UTC