Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) started gathering in front of Uttara's Abdullahpur Polwell Carnation Shopping Center from this morning ahead of the party's march in the capital today.

BNP's march is scheduled to begin at 10:30am from Utara's Abdullahpur and end at Jatrabari at 4pm on Wednesday (19 July)

The party will hold a rally in front of Polwell Carnation Shopping Center in Abdullahpur before the start of the march.

Leaders of Central and Dhaka Metropolitan North along with Mirza Abbas, a member of the party's standing committee, will address the BNP rally in Abdullahpur.

Both the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP started their two-day programmes on Tuesday (18 July) – the AL its "development procession" and the BNP its one-point movement for the resignation of the government.

BNP leaders and activists marched in all districts and cities of the country including Dhaka on Tuesday. The Dhaka march started at 10am from Gabtoli and ended at Ray Shaheb Bazar in Old Dhaka at 4pm. The AL's Dhaka South unit started a procession from the capital's Institution of Engineers at 4pm and ended at Dhanmondi 32.

A man was killed and several hundred activists of the opposition BNP were injured in clashes with the ruling Awami League activists and law enforcers during the BNP's road march across the country yesterday, including in the capital.

BNP claimed the deceased, Md Sajib Hossain, 25, was an activist of its farmers' wing Krishak Dal in Lakshmipur.

It also claimed around 2,000 of its leaders and activists were injured in the clashes.

The BNP has instructed the central leaders to increase their presence in the march and top leaders have been given a strong message to participate in the march in their respective areas.

Central leaders from Dhaka have been instructed to go to their respective areas so the marches are conducted with vigor in the districts as well as in Dhaka.

The opposition party has already held a meeting with the law enforcement agencies regarding the march in Dhaka.

In different areas, top leaders of the party are meeting with the grassroot leaders and activists from time to time to make the programme a success.