The opposition BNP will stage a sit-in protest on January 11, for four hours in all the divisional headquarters including Dhaka.

The announcement was made at BNP's mass procession held on Friday, reports Bangla Tribune.

The BNP started its mass procession as part of its movement to unseat the Awami League government.

Just before the procession started, BNP Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain spoke to rouse the crowd.

He also announced the second part of the protest program at the time.

A four-hour sit-in protest will be held in front of the party office at Naya Paltan from 10am to 2pm on January 11, he said.

Meanwhile, the Ganatantra Mancha, an alliance of seven political parties, on Friday also announced a three-hour public sit-in protest in Dhaka and other divisional cities on January 11 as part of the simultaneous movement of the opposition parties and alliances to unseat the current government.

Sheikh Rafiqul Islam Babul, the convener of Bhasani Anusari Parishad and also a leader of the alliance, announced this program from their mass procession on Friday. 

He said they will hold mass sit-ins on January 11 in all divisions, demanding the release of all the top opposition leaders, including Begum Khaleda Zia, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Mirza Abbas, Pratim Das, who were imprisoned in "fabricated” and “false" cases.