<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Amid a tense situation and speculations over BNP’s December 10 rally in Dhaka, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said that they will hold the rally at Nayapaltan as they had originally wanted.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">He announced the decision during a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office this afternoon.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">“It is the government’s responsibility to ensure that the rally is held peacefully. We will consider if the government gives a proposal for suitable alternative venue,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">“Police attacked BNP leaders and activists without any provocation. Such a cowardly attack is unimaginable. Police unwarrantedly entered BNP office with bombs in a bag,” said Fakhrul. Police vandalised furniture and valuables of the office and took away important documents too, he said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>