US BANGLADESH
New York, The United States units of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League and opposition BNP will hold separate programmes in front of the United Nations headquarters starting Friday to drum up support for their respective demands.
Awami League US unit will form a human chain on Friday from 1pm to 4pm calling for thwarting international conspiracy designed to foil the trial of the suspected war criminals of the 1971 Liberation War.
Acting president of the unit Akter Hossain and acting general secretary Abdus Samad Azad that they would also submit a memorandum to the UN secretary-general after the programme.
North America Awami League, a faction led by leaders who could not secure posts in the US unit committee, will form a separate human chain on Mar 11 for the same purpose.
New York unit of BNP is scheduled to stage demonstration on Mar 9 protesting 'repression and assault of and cases against' the party leaders and activists in Bangladesh, unit leader Oliullah Mohammad Atiqur Rahman said.
Meanwhile, BNP's US unit has planned to hold rallies in Washington, Los Angeles and New York on Mar 12 to coincide with the party's grand rally in Dhaka that day.
Unit president Abdul Latif Samrat told bdnews24.com that the party activists would lay a siege to Bangladesh Consulate building as part of the day's programme.
US unit of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council is also scheduled to stage demonstration on Mar 4 at 2pm in front of the UN headquarters in protest against temple vandalism and looting of the houses of Hindus in Chittagong's Hathazari, unit general secretary Sushil Saha said.
Meanwhile, the International Farakka Committee has planned to form a human chain on Mar 5 in front of the White House as a part of its ongoing 'Chalo Chalo, Washington Chalo' (Let's go to Washington) programme protesting planned construction of Tipaimukh dam by India on Barak, a common river flowing from India into Bangladesh.
Awami League US unit will form a human chain on Friday from 1pm to 4pm calling for thwarting international conspiracy designed to foil the trial of the suspected war criminals of the 1971 Liberation War.
Acting president of the unit Akter Hossain and acting general secretary Abdus Samad Azad that they would also submit a memorandum to the UN secretary-general after the programme.
North America Awami League, a faction led by leaders who could not secure posts in the US unit committee, will form a separate human chain on Mar 11 for the same purpose.
New York unit of BNP is scheduled to stage demonstration on Mar 9 protesting 'repression and assault of and cases against' the party leaders and activists in Bangladesh, unit leader Oliullah Mohammad Atiqur Rahman said.
Meanwhile, BNP's US unit has planned to hold rallies in Washington, Los Angeles and New York on Mar 12 to coincide with the party's grand rally in Dhaka that day.
Unit president Abdul Latif Samrat told bdnews24.com that the party activists would lay a siege to Bangladesh Consulate building as part of the day's programme.
US unit of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council is also scheduled to stage demonstration on Mar 4 at 2pm in front of the UN headquarters in protest against temple vandalism and looting of the houses of Hindus in Chittagong's Hathazari, unit general secretary Sushil Saha said.
Meanwhile, the International Farakka Committee has planned to form a human chain on Mar 5 in front of the White House as a part of its ongoing 'Chalo Chalo, Washington Chalo' (Let's go to Washington) programme protesting planned construction of Tipaimukh dam by India on Barak, a common river flowing from India into Bangladesh.
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