<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Jamaat-e-Islami has not been given permission to hold a public rally in Sylhet city on Friday.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The rally has not been allowed due to the fear of violence, Sylhet Metropolitan Police Commissioner Elias Sharif told journalists on Thursday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said police received Jamaat's application and scrutinised it and decided not to permit them to hold the rally.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On July 16, the Sylhet city unit of Jamaat applied to the Sylhet Metropolitan Police, seeking permission to hold the rally at the Registry Ground in the city on Friday (July 21). UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>