Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- The Jatiya Ganotantrik Party (Jagpa) has announced a series of protest programmes later this month to press home its seven demands, joining Islamist parties that have already declared similar actions.

At a press conference at the party's Purana Paltan office yesterday, Jagpa Vice-President Rashed Prodhan said the party will stage a march in Dhaka on September 18, organise mass outreach campaigns in divisional cities on September 19, and hold marches across its organisational districts on September 26. He said the programmes were aimed at ensuring that the July Charter receives a legal foundation and that the next national election is conducted under its framework.

Rashed warned that the people's expectations from the in...