Khaleda leaves for Sirajganj

BNP Chairperson Khaleda ZiaStar Online Report

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia left Dhaka for Sirajganj this morning to visit a number of destitute families living on shoals of the Jamuna river who could not celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr for abject poverty.
The motorcade of the opposition leader left her Dhaka Cantonment residence at about 10:00am, reports private television channel ATN Bangla.
Khaleda along with the other senior party leaders will distribute relief materials among the destitute.
The former prime minister decided to visit the area after she came to know about their misfortune in newspaper reports, party officials said.
The BNP chairperson is scheduled to return by night.