Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- BNP chairman Tarique Rahman will address the party's final election rally in Dhaka's Nayapaltan area on February 8, as campaigning enters its closing stretch ahead of polling day.

The rally is scheduled to begin at 2:00 pm, with Rahman attending as the chief guest, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told reporters at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office on Thursday.

Rizvi said all preparations for the programme have been completed and that BNP candidates from Dhaka and nearby constituencies will join the rally.

He further said the BNP has historically come to power with the support of the people and claimed that the party has remained resilient despite what he described as severe ...