The alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a new five-phase protest programme, including divisional long marches and a grand rally in Dhaka, demanding the implementation of the July National Charter and the referendum verdict.

The programme was officially announced on Thursday by senior leaders of the alliance, including Jamaat and the National Citizen Party (NCP), during a sit-in demonstration in the capital.

According to the announced schedule:

September 5: Long march from Dhaka to Chattogram by road.
September 19: Long march from Dhaka to Rangpur.
October 10: Long march from Dhaka to Khulna.
October 24: Long march from Dhaka to Sylhet by rail.
November 14: Grand rally in Dhaka.

The alliance leaders said the programmes are aimed at building a broader mass movement to press for the immediate implementation of justice for the mass killings, improvement of the law and order situation, an end to narrow partisan practices, control of soaring commodity prices, and resolution of the ongoing electricity, fuel, and gas shortages.