The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has given permission to the BNP to hold its December 10 rally at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan on 26 conditions.
The conditions include: no gathering outside the venue; supporters can go to the venue a maximum of two hours before the rally starts; no sticks, rods can be carried by supporters; no anti-state statements or activities; no processions to join the rally; no inciteful speech or leaflets; organisers will be held responsible in case of deterioration of law and order situation.
The DMP communicated these conditions in a letter addressed to BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
The BNP had originally wanted to hold the rally in front of its Nayapaltan headquarters.