<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday has approved Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to use Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital instead of proposed Naya Paltan as the venue for its rally slated for 10 December under 26 conditions.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a letter issued, DMP said staging the rally at Naya Paltan, opposite of BNP's party office, will create traffic jams and cause public to suffer.</div><div><br></div><div>"Instead of the said place, permission has been granted to BNP to hold Dhaka divisional rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, Shahbagh, Dhaka from 12pm to 4:30pm on Saturday, 10 December, subject to the following conditions being duly observed," it said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>According to reports, the 26 conditions include getting permission from the proper authority of the venue, limiting activities within the venue; deploying a sufficient number of volunteers; installing CCTV cameras in Suhrawardy Udyan; installing metal detectors for checking the delegates and following health guidelines while conducting the rally.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP workers were also instructed not to set up loudspeakers and projectors outside of Suhrawardy Udyan; not to create gathering on roads adjacent to Sunhrawardy Udyan; not to broadcast any speech or display any content or caricature that may hurt religious sentiment and not to carry blunt instruments like sticks and rods under the guise of carrying festoons and banners.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>DMP in its list of conditions also prohibited the BNP from delivering instigating speech or distributing such leaflets and travelling to the venue in processions.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>People can come to assemble at the venue two hours before the start of the rally, said the DMP letter.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday said that the mass rally to be held on 10 December is a rally in the public interest and to restore the lost democracy.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>