Dhaka, July 22 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday called upon all pro-democracy stakeholders in Bangladesh to maintain calm and cohesion during the ongoing period of national mourning, following the recent plane crash that has plunged the country into grief.

"During this mourning period in the nation, I call upon all pro-democracy stakeholders for calm and cohesion.

We must form a society based on tolerance and restraint, and thus stop divisive confrontation or mob culture," he said in a post on his verified Facebook page, UNB reports.

The BNP leader said there are worrying reports of members of certain banned student political organisation causing agitation between the public and the police and instigating violence.

"Th...