DHAKA: The senior leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) met the foreign diplomats prior to the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The meeting, headed by BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, started around 4:15pm Tuesday (January 30) at BNP chairperson’s political office in city’s Gulshan area. 

Diplomats from India, Japan, Kuwait, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Italy, UK, Vatican City, Denmark, Canada, Nepal, Australia, Morocco and the Netherlands are present in the meeting.

Khaleda Zia’s verdict in Zia Orphanage case and BNP’s position about the upcoming parliamentary election are the main issues to be discussed in the meeting. 

BNP vice chairman Shamsher Mabin Chowdhury organized the meeting where acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman, BNP chairperson’s advisor Abdul Awal Mintoo, Riaz Rahman, Sabihuddin Ahmed were among others present.

BDST: 1716 HRS, JAN 30, 2018
AP