The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Tanti Dal, the weavers' wing of BNP, yesterday placed a memorandum to the Chief Adviser to realise its seven-point demand including unconditional release of BNP's Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her two sons.

The Tanti Dal led by its President Humayun Islam Khan and general secretary Abul Kalam Azad placed the memorandum at the Chief Adviser's office at noon. Its senior vice president Adv Mukbul Hossain, organising secretary AM Anisuzzaman, Jahangir Alam Mintu, Amirul Islam, Abdul Mumim Chowdhury, among others, were present.

The seven-point demand includes release of all political detainees including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, her two sons Tarique Rahman, Arafat Rahman Koko, to send Tarique and Koko abroad for better medical treatment, to hold national election by October 30, to lift state of the emergency, to reduce price of essentials including rice, dal, edible oil and fuel, to exempt weavers loan and waive penalty on loan's interest.