Demonstrations will be held at divisional headquarters on Oct 20, at district levels on Oct 24 and at Upazila levels on Oct 27 as a part of their anti-government movement.
The programmes were declared by the party's secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain from a rally protesting the government's repression, harassment of political rivals and politicisation of bureaucracy and the judiciary at Muktangan on Saturday.
"The path taken by the government has left us with no options except protest. We will continue our demonstrations until this neo-autocratic government does not return to the path of democracy. These programmes are to protest the torture and repression carried out by the government and their ill-governance."
The rally at Muktangan presided over by Dhaka city mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka started at 3.30pm. Following the declaration of the programmes by the secretary general, a procession was brought out at 3.45pm that went through Bijoy Nagar, Kakrail, Shantinagar Intersection, Mouchak to end at Magbazar around 5pm.
Activists of city BNP and various associate organisations, including Juba Dal, Mohila Dal, Shechchashebak Dal and Chhatra Dal, participated in the procession with colourful banners and posters.
Huge tailbacks occurred at surrounding roads including Topkhana and Kakrail due to the procession.
Standing committee members Nazrul Islam Khan, Rafiqul Islam Mia, Abdul Moyeen Khan and other key leaders of the party took part in the rally.
The police took additional security measures for the rally including deployment of additional police at Muktangan, Bijoynagar, Kakrail, Shantinagar and adjacent areas, stationing of two riot vehicles, prison vans and water cannons near the rally site.
The BNP secretary general said that the government was an utter failure and alleged that it was now trying to shift the blame on others. He alleged that the train accident at Sirajganj, which claimed lives of five BNP activists, was intentional and that the cases being filed against BNP activists were only to harass them.
He said that the country's law and order has gone out of control with tender-grabbing and partisanship becoming commonplace and roughly 10 killings everyday.
Saturday's programme was declared on Thursday at a meeting convened to mourn the deaths of 5 BNP activists in Sirajganj on Monday and the death of Natore BNP leader Sanaullah Noor Babu.
Babu was chopped and beaten to death in public Oct 8. BNP also blames the government for the death of five of its activists crushed under a train in Sirajganj just before Khaleda Zia was scheduled to address a rally there.
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