Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul, speaking to bdnews24.com on Friday, said, “The meeting of our National Executive Committee is taking place amidst an ongoing complex political situation in the election year. This meeting is very important.”“Our leader will convey important message to the people of the country in the meeting,” he added. Khaleda sat with the top policymaking body National Standing Committee after the court set the verdict date, but the party has not announced any programme over the verdict yet. Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said they have distributed the ID cards among the members of the Executive Committee. Meanwhile, a number of BNP leaders, including some of the Executive Committee, have been arrested in cases over an attack on the police in Dhaka last Tuesday.

Source: bd News24 February 02, 2018 19:30 UTC