BNP MPs at Bangabhaban

The delegation of MPs entered Bangabhaban around 3.30pm on Friday.

The BNP delegation has an appointment with President at 4pm.

The BNP sought President’s appointment to inform him the huge police cordon in front of Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia's Gulshan residence.

The delegation would seek President’s intervention to find a “solution to the confinement.”

On Thursday, The BNP MPS met Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and sought her intervention, claiming that the Opposition Leader had been 'confined' in her house.

They also submitted a memorandum to her.

Led by the BNP, the 18-Party alliance has been trying to enforce a non-stop blockade of roads, railways and waterways across Bangladesh to thwart the Jan 5 general elections. The Opposition could not hold its 'March for Democracy' and a rally in front of its Naya Paltan headquarters due to 'police obstacle', claimed the BNP. Police had allegedly barred Khaleda from leaving her house last Sunday to attend the rally. The government has denied the BNP's allegation that its chief had been 'effectively put under house arrest'.