BNP leaders observe a one-minute silence to pay respect to political leaders and activists, poets, writers, artists and academics who passed away since the last National Executive Committee meeting at Dhaka's Le Meridien hotel on Saturday. They alleged the Dhaka BNP leaders did not hit the streets during the party’s movements - in 2014 to stop the parliamentary elections and the following year to topple the government. BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia inaugurates the meeting of the BNP National Executive Committee at Dhaka’s Le Méridien hotel on Saturday. Remain united.”Earlier, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam had said they would decide on the programmes after meeting the grassroots leaders. The BNP leaders had feared arrests after the meeting amid a spree in the past few days over an attack on police by activists.

Source: bd News24 February 03, 2018 20:03 UTC