BNP started a seven-hour mass-hunger strike across the country, including the capital, demanding the immediate release of 'critically' ill Khaleda Zia for better treatment abroad.
As per the declaration leaders and activists of the party started the fasting at 9am and will continue till 4pm.
Earlier, the party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programme at a press conference at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office Thursday.
Fakhrul declared to observe the programme in all metropolitan cities and district towns from 9am to 4pm.
On Tuesday, the Law Minister said the government will consider BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal to go abroad for medical treatment if she makes a fresh petition after returning to jail.
“No fresh order can be given over a solved petition anymore. If she applies again after going to jail, then we’ll consider it. But there’s no scope to consider any fresh step under section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in these circumstances,” he told Parliament.
Khaleda, a 76-year-old BNP chairperson and former prime minister, was readmitted to Evercare Hospital on November 13, six days after she had returned home from the hospital.
The BNP chief's physicians said she has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, ophthalmological and dental complications.
They also said she is now suffering from a critical cardiac problem while her blood sugar is out of control and hemoglobin level in her blood has dropped.
On behalf of the family, Khaleda's younger brother, Shamim Iskander, submitted an application to the Home Ministry on November 11 urging the government to allow her to go abroad for better treatment.
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