Live Correspondent: Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) started its march in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon to restore "democracy in the country."

The march began at Suvastu Tower in Badda around 2:30pm where thousands of BNP leaders and activists took part in it. The march later ended in front of Abul Hotel in Malibagh. The party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir formally inaugurated the march programme.

He said, "We have so far held our all programmes peacefully and will ensure the government's fall through the peaceful agitations." A large number of police were deployed in the capital to maintain law and order.

The four-day march will end on February 1. Dhaka South City BNP will march from Jatrabari to Shyampur on January 30 and from Mugda to Malibagh on February 1 as per the announcement.

Dhaka, 24 January (campuslive24.com)// BIC