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The BNP has postponed its rally in Chattogram city scheduled for Monday (01 July), demanding the unconditional release of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, due to inclement weather.
As part of the party’s nationwide programme in all divisional cities, BNP’s Chattogram south and north city units were supposed to arrange the rally in the afternoon in front of the party’s port city Nasimon Bhaban office in the Kazir Dewri area.
"Our rally scheduled for today (Monday) in Chattogram city has been postponed due to unfavourable weather conditions," BNP's Chattogram divisional organizing secretary Mahbubur Rahman Shamim told UNB.
He said the rally has now been rescheduled for July 7.
Earlier, on Wednesday, BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam announced a three-day countrywide programme demanding the unconditional release of Khaleda Zia, who is currently undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital.
As part of these programmes, BNP arranged a rally in front of its Nayapaltan central office on Saturday with the participation of thousands of party leaders and activists from associate bodies.
Additionally, BNP leaders were supposed to hold rallies in all metropolitan cities on July 1 and in all district headquarters on July 3.
Khaleda Zia was rushed to Evercare Hospital in an ambulance at around 3:30 am on June 22 after suddenly falling ill at her Gulshan residence. A team of specialist doctors, led by Prof. Shahabuddin Talukder, successfully implanted a pacemaker in her chest the following day. She is now receiving treatment in a cabin with CCU facilities at the hospital.
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