Sun News Desk : The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) locked into a clash with police at Dholaikhal intersection in the capital Dhaka on Saturday.

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Police fired tear gas at the BNP men to foil their street programme. In reply, the party activists hurled brick-chips to the law enforcers.

Later, police detained BNP’s Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy from there around 12pm.

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Jafar Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Lalbagh zone) confirmed the matter.

BNP on Friday announced that it will hold sit-in programmes at all entry points of Dhaka from 11am to 4pm today.

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DMP Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq earlier said BNP and Awami League were not allowed to hold sit-in programmes in the capital on Saturday.

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