Dhaka: As part of the party’s countrywide scheduled programme, BNP leaders and activists will stage a sit-in in the city on Thursday demanding the release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

The programme is scheduled to be held in front of the Jatiya Press Club from 11am to 12 noon.

BNP’s district and city units will also hold the programme across the country at their convenient time and venues.

Earlier on Tuesday, the party leaders and followers formed a human chain at the same venue seeking Khaleda’s release.

On Sunday, the party announced a two-day countrywide fresh programme, including the human chain.

After the jailing of Khaleda, the party observed different peaceful programmes, including leaflet distribution, countrywide demonstration, human chain formation, sit-in, token hunger strike and protest procession, in five phases demanding her release.

On February 8, BNP chief Khaleda Zia was sent to jail after a special court sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.