The Bangladesh Nationalist Party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has declared a one-point demand to oust the government during the rally held in front of the party's central office in Naya Paltan today.

The opposition party also announced a march programme across the country on 18 July. And in Dhaka, marches will be held from 10am to 4pm from Gabtali to Jatrabari on 18 and on 19 July a march programme will be held from Uttara to Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka.

"We have only one demand, that is ousting this government and holding a free and fair election under a non-partisan government," said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

BNP along with about 36 other political parties have decided to adopt this one-point movement, said the BNP leader.

He said, the demand includes dissolving the current parliament and holding the election under a non-partisan government.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today's announcement is a historic moment in Bangladesh's political history. This declaration is a declaration to liberate the nation, to regain the nation's lost democracy.

Mirza Fakhrul said, "In the last 18 years, they have destroyed and looted this country. BNP leader Ilias Ali, former MP of Laksam Hiru, BNP leader Parvez Chowdhury Alam – along with hundreds of activists have gone missing. Thousands of activists were killed."

Mirza Fakhrul said, "They have even destroyed the judiciary system, Khadijatul Kubra, a student of Jagannath University, is in jail for eight months today under the Digital Security Act. She is not even being granted bail from the court."

Commenting that this government is anti-Bangladesh, this government is anti-democracy and anti-sovereignty, Fakhrul said, "Today, it has been 10 years that this government has not been able to solve the problems of the Rohingyas. In fact, they do not have the ability to solve the problems of the Rohingyas."

He also said, Justice Khairul Haque should be tried, because he has canceled the judgment for forming a caretaker government, signed the judgment after 16 months of retirement – Khairul Haque has destroyed the election system in the country."