BNP will hold a three-hour hunger strike in all districts of the country including Dhaka on Saturday, October 14. The party will hold a joint initiative of Dhaka Metropolitan North and South BNP in front of the party office in Nayapaltan from 11 am to 2 pm to demand the release of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and send her abroad for better treatment. .
On October 10, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner has written a letter seeking permission for this hunger strike program in Dhaka, Metropolitan North BNP Office Secretary (Media) ABMA Razzak. In his signed letter, apart from permission for the hunger strike program, security and overall cooperation has been requested from the DMP Commissioner. It is said that the letter has not mentioned anything clear about the issue on which this hunger strike program of BNP will be observed.