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Thousands of leaders and activists of three associate bodies of the BNP -- Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal -- have gathered at Nayapaltan to join a youth rally. Youths from Dhaka, Sylhet, Faridpur and Mymensingh have joined the rally in processions to ensure its success. Many are wearing green, yellow, and red caps and T-shirts, and chanting various party slogans. A stage has been set up for the rally opposite the BNP's central office at Nayapaltan. No vehicles are moving on the road in front of the stage, causing traffic congestion on the adjacent roads. Some Dhaka areas including Shahbagh, Nayapaltan, Kakrail, Motijheel, Moghbazar, Shantinagar, Malibagh, Bijoynagar, Fakirapool are experiencing severe traffic congestion. BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will virtually join the rally as the chief guest and present the party’s political outline and future strategy to the country’s young generation, he said. Senior BNP leaders, including Standing Committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and Salahuddin Ahmed, are also scheduled to address the rally. 3 BNP bodies set to hold ‘massive’ youth rally in Dhaka this afternoon “We witnessed a huge gathering of youths at our Chattogram rally. Our targets in Khulna and Bogura have been fully achieved, drawing the attention of youths from all walks of life. We expect that at least 15 lakh young people will join our Dhaka rally, breaking all previous records,” he said at a press briefing on Monday. “Youths are eagerly waiting to join the rally... by making the rally successful with their spontaneous support, the youth, who have been deprived of their voting rights for 17 years, will highlight their prime demand for the restoration of democracy,” Jilani said. With this rally, he said, they will take a step forward in the ongoing movement for restoring the youths’ voting rights under the leadership of Tarique Rahman. Earlier, on April 28, the three BNP associate bodies announced their plans to hold four seminars and four rallies involving youths from 10 divisions, with the aim of empowering them to help build a just state structure. Their programme, which began on May 9 in Chattogram, will conclude in Dhaka today(Wednesday). They also held seminars and rallies in Khulna and Bogura. BNP disappointed over absence of clear election roadmap

Speakers at a youth rally on Friday emphasised the need for pedestrian-and-bicycle-friendly roads and infrastructure  to combat daily traffic congestion and reduce the loss of working hours in the capital. They said walking and cycling can be sustainable solutions to Dhaka’s traffic woes and highlighted the importance of enacting and implementing a road safety law to ensure safe road infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. The event was organised jointly by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), Dhaka Ahsania Mission, and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society as part of the observance of Global Road Safety Week 2025. The youth rally took place on the main road of Manik Mia Avenue, from Asad Gate to Khamarbari intersection, on the south side of the National Parliament House.  No scope for national election to go beyond  June next year: Rizwana Among the attendees were BRTA Director of Road Safety Shitangshu Shekhar Biswas, Deputy Director Md Nazmul Haque, Dhaka Ahsania Mission Health Sector Deputy Director Md Mokhlesur Rahman, Red Crescent Society Youth and Volunteer Division Deputy Director Muntasir Mahmud, Ahsania Mission Road Safety Project Coordinator Sharmin Rahman, and Tobacco Control Project Coordinator Shariful Islam, along with officials from the organising institutions. Around 200 youths and students from various youth groups and educational institutions joined the rally.  Don't care about death, nothing to lose: Adviser Asif  Led by S Z Apu of the Ahsania Mission Youth Forum for Health and Wellbeing and Md Rayhan Rahman, Convener of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society National Headquarters Youth Committee, the participating youths submitted a memorandum to BRTA Director Shitangshu Shekhar Biswas, demanding the formulation of a road safety law.

BNP’s three associate bodies on Wednesday rescheduled their planned “Youth Rally” in six districts to avoid chaos as the ruling party’s youth wing Jubo League announced a counter programme. Jubo Dal President Sultan Salahuddin Tuku came up with the announcement at a press conference arranged by Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal, and Swechchasebak Dal at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office. He said they announced on June 2 to arrange six youth rallies—on June 11 in Chattogram, in Bogura on June 17, in Khulna on July 7, in Barishal on July 15, in Sylhet on July 22 and in Dhaka on July 29—peacefully to drum up the young generation’s support for their 10-point demand, including holding the next polls under a caretaker government. “But we’ve got shocked as Awami Jubo League called a counter programme two days later. We think the announcement of the counter programmes on the same date and at the same place by Jubo League is a provocation and an evil attempt to create chaos,” the Jubo Dal president said. Also read: BNP, like-minded parties set to observe sit-in in all cities, districts on Saturday Claiming that Jubo Dal always believes in liberal and democratic politics he said, they have decided to reschedule their progamme to make it a success peacefully avoiding any confrontation. As per the fresh schedules, Tuku said they will now hold the youth rally in Chattogram on June 14, in Bogura on June 19, in Barishal on June 24, in Sylhet on July 9, in Khulna on July 17 and in Dhaka on July 22. He alleged that Awami League and its associate bodies have been doing politics resorting to violence and anarchy since their inception. “Indulging in enforced disappearances, murders, assaults, lawsuits to suppress the voice of the oppositions are their natural habits.” Tuku said the Jubo League came up with the counter programme two days after the announcement of their peaceful youth rally only to create anarchy in the country as the current government has destroyed all political norms and culture. Also read; BNP fears severe economic crisis soon due to dollar crunch “They could have given their programme on different days. We’re on a movement for democracy, and we believe in peaceful politics. That is why we're rescheduling our programme,” he observed. Earlier on June 2, Tuku said they would arrange the youth rally in six districts with a slogan “Let the young generation vote, fight for votes” to unite the youth on the streets to restore democracy and the voting rights of the people.