The main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold separate rallies at two entry points of the capital on Friday afternoon demanding the resignation of the ruling Awami League government.

Dhaka north city BNP will hold a rally in the field adjacent to the Polwel Market in Abdullahpur of Uttara and Dhaka south city BNP will organise a rally on the Shaheed Faruk Road in Jatrabari at 3 pm.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will be addressing the rally in Uttara as the chief guest and BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas will be the chief guest in the rally at Jatrabari.

Before that, all units of the party across the country will hold milad mahfil and offer prayers for the recovery of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia after the Jumma prayer on Friday across the country.

Apart from BNP, different like-minded parties and alliances will also hold separate rallies in the city. Of them, the 12-party alliance will hold a rally in the area adjacent to Bijaynagar water pump area at 4pm, Jatiyatabadi Samamana Jote in front of the Al Razi Complex in Purana Paltan area at 3pm, Gono Odhikar Parishad (Nurul Haque) in the area adjacent to the overbridge in North Badda and Gono Odhikar Parishad (Reza Kibria) in front of the National Press Club at 4pm.

Meanwhile, BNP has brought changes in the declared programmes from September 19 to October 3. The road march in Cumilla-Chattogram division will be held on October 5 instead of  October 3. Besides, the party has declared a new programme of holding rallies on September 24 in all cities and districts, including Dhaka. Besides, the rally of professionals in Dhaka will be held on October 4 instead of September 26. The party also declared another new programme of a rally in Faridpur on October 3.