AL grand rally: PM reaches Suhrawardy Udyan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday afternoon reached the Suhrawardy Udyan where she will address the Awami League grand rally.  

Sheikh Hasina, also the president of ruling Awami League, who is the chief guest at the party's grand rally reached the venue around 3:00pm.    

However, hundreds of Awami League activists and supporters are gathered at the venue to celebrate the party’s landslide victory in the 11th national parliamentary elections. 

They have been coming to the venue from different parts of the city while the rally is scheduled to begin at 2:30pm.  

Meanwhile, huge numbers of the law enforcers were deployed near the venue in a bid to heighten security measures. 

Traffic has been restricted by police at all roads leading from Shahbag’s Ruposhi Bangla intersection, the Katabon Market intersection, the Nilkhet intersection, Chankharpul, the GPO and Matsya Bhaban intersections toward Suhrawardy Udyan. 

Awami League won an absolute majority bagging 257 seats in the recent election.

The party-led Grand Alliance secured 288 seats out of total 299. Of them, alliance component Jatiya Party got 22 seats and will act as the main opposition in parliament.