<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Awami League has announced peace rallies across the country on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Tomorrow, party leaders of the cities, districts, upazilas all over Bangladesh will organise peace rallies," Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today.</div><div><br></div><div>Quader made the announcement while addressing a peace rally at the south gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. He was attending the event as the chief guest.</div><div><br></div><div>Criticizing the BNP, Quder said, "Let's see who stands by you (BNP) from tomorrow. The leaders run away, the supporters also run away behind them.”</div><div><br></div><div>“Where is Fakhrul? Where is BNP? Where did they go? BNP’s great journey is now dead,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“No one will accept their hartal for anarchy. That weapon has become blunt. We will hold peace rallies in the cities, districts, upazilas all over Bangladesh tomorrow,” said the AL leader.</div><div><br></div><div>“Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in Chattogram during the clashes in the capital. She couldn’t even have lunch due to worries,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Let's see what they do,” Quader quoted the PM as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>A policeman was killed and at least 41 cops were injured in clashes between law enforcers and BNP-Jamaat men in Dhaka’s Motijheel, Kakrail and Naya Paltan areas this afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>A chase and counter-chase between police and BNP leaders, activists occurred in Dhaka’s Kakrail area.</div><div><br></div><div>Witnesses said leaders and activists of BNP brought out a procession in the Kakrail area and started going towards InterContinental hotel around 1 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>At one stage, police obstructed them, and BNP leaders, activists started throwing brick chips at the law enforcers.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, police fired rubber bullets, used sound grenades and tear gas shells to disperse them. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>