According to party sources, standing committee member Khandkar Musharraf Hussain will speak as the chief guest and is expected to announce the future course of action of the party.
The rally is taking place after several days of tension and clashes with the police. A person claiming to be a BNP worker was killed in police firing during clashes with BNP men in Naya Paltan.
Later, BNP general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Mirza Abbas were arrested in a case filed over the Naya Paltan clash. About 500 BNP people, including central leaders, have been arrested in cases filed over the clash.