BNP Standing Committee members, led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, are set to meet the home minister at 2:30pm at his Secretariat office, Khaleda's Personal Secretary ABM Sattar said. BNP leaders have long been demanding proper treatment to their ailing chairperson as her health kept deteriorating. The BNP leader called upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to shun “brutal and vindictive” attitude towards her arch rival and former prime minister Khaleda Zia. Eschew inhumanity and allow our leader to receive proper treatment through releasing her from jail,” Rizvi said towards Hasina. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been in jail since a special court convicted her in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8 last year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 04, 2019 17:48 UTC